Gradient echo imaging of flowing hyperpolarized nuclei: Theory and phantom studies on 129Xe dissolved in ethanol

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 68-75

  Johansson, Edvin ^a   Svensson, J ^a   Mansson S ^a   Petersson, J S ^b   Olsson, L E ^a   Golman, K ^b   Stahlberg F ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Amersham Health RandD   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Flow; Gradient echo; Hyperpolarization; MRI; Xenon

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; XENON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY;

ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; ETHANOL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; XENON ISOTOPES;

EID: 0036920254     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-7807(02)00117-9     Document Type: Article

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