Innovative Imaging Probes - Encite
Innovative Imaging Probes - Encite
Innovative Imaging Probes - Encite
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Routes to hyperpolarization<br />
Laser excitation ( 3 He or 129 Xe)<br />
“Brute Force”<br />
Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (DNP)<br />
Para-hydrogen Induced Polarization (PHIP)<br />
Laser-Polarized 3 He and 129 Xe<br />
h n<br />
Rb<br />
Rb<br />
Rb<br />
Rb<br />
Rb<br />
Rb<br />
Hyperpolarization<br />
of Rb atoms<br />
The radiation is circularly polarized;<br />
the Rb D1 line is used (corresponding<br />
to the 5s 1 -/ 25p transition)<br />
1 / 2<br />
Collisions between<br />
Rb and Xe<br />
Rb<br />
Xe<br />
(Van der Waals molecule)<br />
Polarization transfer to Xe atoms<br />
via “spin exchange”<br />
Xe<br />
Xe<br />
Xe<br />
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