Applications of controlled-flow laser-polarized xenon gas to porous and granular media study

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 21, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 287-292

  Mair, R W ^a,b   Wang, R ^a,b   Rosen, M S ^a   Candela, D ^c   Cory, D G ^b   Walsworth, R L ^a  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

129Xe; 3He; Diffusion; Diffusive diffraction; Gas flow; Gases; Laser polarization; Porous media

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; XENON;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFRACTION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; GAS FLOW; LASER; MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLARIZATION; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PULSED GRADIENT SPIN ECHO NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; VELOCITY;

EID: 0038445717     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(03)00156-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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