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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2002
Alexander Pines, Berkeley, CA (US);
Thomas Budinger, Berkeley, CA (US);
Gil Navon, Ramat Gan, IL;
Yi-Qiao Song, Berkeley, CA (US);
Stephan Appelt, Waiblingen, DE;
Angelo Bifone, Rome, IT;
Rebecca Taylor, Berkeley, CA (US);
Boyd Goodson, Berkeley, CA (US);
Roberto Seydoux, Berkeley, CA (US);
Toomas Room, Albany, CA (US);
Tanja Pietrass, Socorro, NM (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates generally to nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques for both spectroscopy and imaging. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods in which hyperpolarized noble gases (e.g., Xe and He) are used to enhance and improve NMR and MRI. Additionally, the hyperpolarized gas solutions of the invention are useful both in vitro and in vivo to study the dynamics or structure of a system. When used with biological systems, either in vivo or in vitro, it is within the scope of the invention to target the hyperpolarized gas and deliver it to specific regions within the system.