Enhancement of surface and biological magnetic resonance using laser-polarized noble gases

Concepts in Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 313-335

  Brunner, Eike ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological systems; Continuous flow; Laser polarized noble gases; Magnetic resonance imaging; NMR spectroscopy; Optical pumping; Solid surfaces; Spin exchange

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033459960     PISSN: 10437347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0534(1999)11:5<313::AID-CMR4>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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