Gradient-induced longitudinal relaxation of hyperpolarized noble gases in the fringe fields of superconducting magnets used for magnetic resonance

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 284-290

  Zheng, Wangzhi ^a   Cleveland, Zackary I ^b   Möller, Harald E ^c   Driehuys, Bastiaan ^b  

^a TRIANGLE UNIVERSITIES NUCLEAR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

129Xe; 3He; Hyperpolarized; Longitudinal relaxation; Magnetic field gradient; Magnetic resonance imaging; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Superconducting magnet

Indexed keywords

129XE; 3HE; HYPERPOLARIZED; LONGITUDINAL RELAXATION; MAGNETIC FIELD GRADIENT;

ELECTROMAGNETS; INERT GASES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RESONANCE; SCANNING; SOLENOIDS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; XENON;

SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS;

HELIUM; INERT GAS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HELIUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MAGNETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NOBLE GASES;

ANIMALIA; SOLENOIDEA;

EID: 79151479499     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2010.11.006     Document Type: Article

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