Measurement of rubidium and xenon absolute polarization at high temperatures as a means of improved production of hyperpolarized 129Xe

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 214-219

  Shah, Nadim J ^a   Ünlü, Timur ^a   Wegener, Hans Peter ^a   Halling, Horst ^a   Zilles, Karl ^a   Appelt, Stephan ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

High temperature; Hyperpolarized; Rubidium; Xenon

Indexed keywords

RUBIDIUM; XENON;

ARTICLE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ISOTOPE LABELING; RUBIDIUM; XENON; XENON ISOTOPES;

EID: 0342588059     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1492(200006)13:4<214::AID-NBM634>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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