Patent ID: 6426058
Filing Date: 2002-07-30
Classification: A61K,G01R,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for analyzing a sample containing a non-noble gas NMR active nucleus, the method comprising:(a) contacting the sample with a hyperpolarized noble gas, thereby transferring polarization from said hyperpolarized noble gas to the sample; (b) scanning a non-noble gas NMR active nucleus detection pulse sequence to the sample for detecting said transferred polarization, whereby said transferred polarization detection is by means of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, magnetic resonance imaging, or both nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and magnetic resonance imaging; and (c) detecting the non-noble gas NMR active nucleus in the sample by said means of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, magnetic resonance imaging, or both nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and magnetic resonance imaging.