title: Chemical shift imaging with continuously flowing hyperpolarized xenon for the characterization of materials.
abstract: In this contribution we report new approaches to the MRI of materials using continuously produced laser-polarized (129)Xe gas. This leads to vastly improved sensitivity and makes new kinds of information available. The hyperpolarized xenon is produced in a continuous flow system that conveniently delivers the xenon at low partial pressure to probes for NMR and MRI experiments. We illustrate applications to the study of micropore and other kinds of void space and show for the first time that with flowing hyperpolarized xenon it is possible to obtain chemical-shift-resolved images in a relatively short time.
authors.affiliation: Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0R6, Canada.
authors.forename: I L
authors.initials: IL
authors.lastname: Moudrakovski
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.forename: C I
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Ratcliffe
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Simard
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Santyr
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Ripmeester
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000032:analysis*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D016062:Porosity; D012964:Sodium / Q000032:analysis*; D014978:Xenon; D017641:Zeolites / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D017641:Zeolites; D014978:Xenon; D012964:Sodium; D002118:Calcium