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. 1995 Nov-Dec;16(10):2010-2.

Inhaled oxygen: a brain MR contrast agent?

Y Berthezène 1, P Tournut 1, F Turjman 1, R N'Gbesso 1, B Falise 1, J C Froment 1
PMCID: PMC8337213  PMID: 8585488

Abstract

Oxygen inhalation led to subtle but readily detectable changes on T2*-weighted images with a conventional MR imager at 1.5 T. We attribute the increase in local signal intensity to changes in blood oxygenation, in particular to a net conversion of deoxyhemoglobin to oxyhemoglobin.

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