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Hyperpolarized Xenon for NMR and MRI Applications
Published on: September 6, 2012
Dissolution of laser-polarized xenon in benzene
Patrick Berthault1, Hervé Desvaux
1DSM/DRECAM/Service de Chimie Moléculaire, URA CEA/CNRS 331, CEA/Saclay, F-91191 Gif sur Yvette, France. pberthault@cea.fr
Abstract:
The study of the dissolution of laser-polarized xenon in degassed deuterated benzene is reported. We show that the time evolution of the xenon signal implies that a transient convective process takes place. It is characterized by velocity-encoding magnetic resonance measurements and MRI experiments.
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