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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING PULSES INHALATION OF 17O2 FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING OF CEREBRAL METABOLISM

  • US 20100282258A1
  • Filed: 07/18/2008
  • Published: 11/11/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of administering 17O2 to a patient for magnetic resonance imaging a region of interest, comprising:

  • providing 16O2 to the patient by inhalation; and

    applying a pulse of 17O2 by inhalation comprising an approximately step increase in 17O2, a duration of said pulse selected so as to be shorter than a diffusion time of metabolized H217O in the patient from the lungs to the region of interest.

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