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Hyperpolarized ¹²⁹Xe MRI: A viable functional lung imaging modality?

Samuel Patz, F. William Hersmanc, Iga Muradian, Mirko I. Hrovat, Iulian C. Ruset, Stephen Ketel, Francine Jacobson, George P. Topulos, Hiroto Hatabu, James P. Butler

A System for Open-Access 3He Human Lung Imaging at Very Low Field

I.C. Ruset, L.L. Tsai, R.W. Mair, S. Patz, M.I. Hrovat, M.S. Rosen, I. Muradian, J. Ng, G.P. Topulos, J.P. Butler, R.L. Walsworth, F.W. Hersman

Magn. Reson. Engineering 29B (2006) 210-221

Optical pumping system design for large production of hyperpolarized ¹²⁹Xe

I.C. Ruset, S. Ketel, F.W. Hersman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96 (2006) 053002

Spectrally-narrowed external-cavity high power diode laser arrays

H. Zhu, I.C. Ruset, F.W. Hersman

Opt. Lett. 30 (2005) 1342

Orientation-Dependent 3He Lung Imaging in an Open Access, Very-Low-Field Human MRI System

R.W. Mair, M.I. Hrovat, S. Patz, M.S. Rosen, I.C. Ruset, G.P. Topulos, L.L. Tsai, J.P. Butler, F.W. Hersman, R.L. Walsworth

Magn. Reson. Med. 53 (2005) 745

Hybrid Spin-Exchange Optical Pumping of ³He

E. Babcock, I. A. Nelson, S. Kadlecek, B. Driehuys, L. W. Anderson, F. W. Hersman, T. G. Walker

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88 (2003) 123003

A System for Low Field Imaging of Laser-Polarized Noble Gas

G.P. Wong, C.H. Tseng, V.R. Pomeroy, R.W. Mair, D.P. Hinton, D. Hoffmann, R.E. Stoner, F.W. Hersman, D.G. Cory, R.L. Walsworth

J. Magn. Reson. 141 (1999) 217

Low-Field MRI of Laser Polarized Noble Gas

C-H Tseng, GP Wong, VR Pomeroy, RW Mair, DP Hinton, D Hoffmann, RE Stoner, FW Hersman, DG Cory, RL Walsworth

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81 (1998) 3785

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