System and Method for Generating Invasively Hyperpolarized Images
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Abstract
The present invention includes a system and method for generating images of at least one unhyperpolarized portion of a specimen by indirectly hyperpolarizing the at least one portion by irradiating the unhyperpolarized portion by radiation emitted from the de-excitation of excited nuclei of a hyperpolarized substance. The hyperpolarized substance is located in proximity to the specimen. Typically, the images are generated by an MRI/NMR device.
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51 Claims
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31. An indirect-hyperpolarization system comprising:
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a fluidly-sealable inner chamber accommodating a specimen said specimen comprises at least one unhyperpolarized portion of a plurality of unhyperpolarized portions of at least one region of interest, and a fluidly-sealable outer chamber encompassing said fluidly-sealable inner chamber and comprising a hyperpolarized substance, wherein said specimen is fluidly-isolated from said hyperpolarized substance and said hyperpolarized substance hyperpolarizes said at least one unhyperpolarized portion by electromagnetically coupling said hyperpolarized substance and said at least one unhyperpolarized portion. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. An indirect-hyperpolarization system comprising:
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a fluidly-sealable inner chamber accommodating a specimen said specimen comprises at least one unhyperpolarized portion of a plurality of unhyperpolarized portions of at least one region of interest; a fluidly-sealable outer chamber encompassing said fluidly-sealable inner chamber and comprising a hyperpolarized substance, and an RF signal generator for exciting nuclei of said hyperpolarized substance, wherein said specimen is fluidly-isolated from said hyperpolarized substance and said at least one unhyperpolarized portion is hyperpolarized by electromagnetic signals emitted by de-excited said nuclei such that an imaging device is enabled to detect the presence of said at least one hyperpolarized portion. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38)
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39. A system for imaging at least one unhyperpolarized portion of a specimen comprising:
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a fluidly-sealable inner chamber accommodating said specimen; a fluidly-sealable outer chamber encompassing said fluidly-sealable inner chamber and comprising a hyperpolarized substance, and an imaging device, wherein said specimen is fluidly-isolated from said hyperpolarized substance and said hyperpolarized substance hyperpolarizes said at least one unhyperpolarized portion by electromagnetic coupling said hyperpolarized substance and said at least one unhyperpolarized portion such that said imaging device is enabled to detect the presence of said at least one hyperpolarized portion. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. A method for imaging at least one unhyperpolarized portion of a specimen comprising:
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providing an imaging device for generating a plurality of images of at least one hyperpolarized portion of said specimen; locating an indirect-hyperpolarization device within said imaging device, said indirect-hyperpolarization device comprises; a fluidly-sealable outer chamber; a fluidly-sealable inner chamber encompassed by said fluidly-sealable outer chamber and accommodating said specimen wherein said specimen is fluidly-isolated from said hyperpolarized substance, and hyperpolarizing said at least one unhyperpolarized portion; generating a plurality of images of said at least one hyperpolarized portion. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51)
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