Pulmonary Perfusion and Xenon Gas Exchange in Rats: MR Imaging with Intravenous Injection of Hyperpolarized 129Xe

We have presented a minimally invasive method based on vascular injection of hyperpolarized 129Xe in saline to generate MR images with contrast driven by pulmonaryperfusion and xenon gas exchange.

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