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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2021
Filed:
May. 07, 2019
Applicant:
GE Precision Healthcare Llc, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Inventors:
Arnaud Comment, Cambridge, GB;
Albert Chen, Toronto, CA;
Assignee:
GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/56 (2006.01); G01N 1/44 (2006.01); G01R 33/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/5601 (2013.01); G01N 1/44 (2013.01); G01R 33/282 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for hyperpolarizing a substance is provided. The system includes a cryostat and a polarizer. The cryostat is operative to generate radicals within the substance by exposing the substance to electromagnetic radiation. The polarizer is operative to hyperpolarize the substance via the radicals. Once the substance is polarized, the radicals contained within the substance are quenched by adjusting a temperature of the substance to greater than or equal to a melting point of the substance. In embodiments, the polarizer may then rapidly freeze the substance.