Nature Communications (Apr 2017)

Nanodiamond-enhanced MRI via in situ hyperpolarization

  • David E. J. Waddington,
  • Mathieu Sarracanie,
  • Huiliang Zhang,
  • Najat Salameh,
  • David R. Glenn,
  • Ewa Rej,
  • Torsten Gaebel,
  • Thomas Boele,
  • Ronald L. Walsworth,
  • David J. Reilly,
  • Matthew S. Rosen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15118
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Hyperpolarized magnetic resonance imaging can enhance imaging contrast by orders of magnitude, but applications are limited by the thermal relaxation of hyperpolarized states. Here, Waddingtonet al. demonstrate the on-demand hyperpolarization of hydrogen spins through the Overhauser effect with nanodiamonds.