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. 2010 Jan;31(1):24–33. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A1790

Fig 5.

Fig 5.

Four methods for hyperpolarized-MR imaging and spectroscopy. In the historic order of discovery, parahydrogen-induced polarization (PASADENA); optical pumping of noble gases helium and xenon; dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP); and Brute Force have each been harnessed to the challenge of increasing enhancement above the Boltzmann distribution of approximately 1 ppm toward unity, with upwards of 10,000-fold enhancement of MR signal intensity for in vivo MR imaging and MR spectroscopy.