Nature Communications (Jun 2017)

Thermal annihilation of photo-induced radicals following dynamic nuclear polarization to produce transportable frozen hyperpolarized 13C-substrates

  • Andrea Capozzi,
  • Tian Cheng,
  • Giovanni Boero,
  • Christophe Roussel,
  • Arnaud Comment

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15757
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Hyperpolarized molecules provide unique contrast for MRI but due to their short relaxation time need to be prepared shortly before injection. Here the authors report a method for eliminating the main source of relaxation and producing frozen polarized substances that can be stored and transported.