@article {426,
	title = {Enhancement of solution NMR and MRI with laser-polarized xenon},
	journal = {Science},
	volume = {271},
	year = {1996},
	note = {ScienceUc778Times Cited:230Cited References Count:41},
	month = {Mar 29},
	pages = {1848-1851},
	abstract = {<p>Optical pumping with laser light can be used to polarize the nuclear spins of gaseous xenon-129. When hyperpolarized xenon-129 is dissolved in liquids, a time-dependent departure of the proton spin polarization from its thermal equilibrium is observed, The variation of the magnetization is an unexpected manifestation of the nuclear Overhauser effect, a consequence of cross-relaxation between the spins of solution protons and dissolved xenon-129. Time-resolved magnetic resonance images of both nuclei in solution show that the proton magnetization is selectively perturbed in regions containing spin-polarized xenon-129. This effect could find use in nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of surfaces and proteins and in magnetic resonance imaging.</p>
},
	keywords = {resonance},
	isbn = {0036-8075},
	doi = {Doi 10.1126/Science.271.5257.1848},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://WOS:A1996UC77800041},
	author = {Navon, G. and Song, Y. Q. and Room, T. and Appelt, S. and Taylor, R. E. and Pines, A.}
}
