Fluorine (19F) MRS and MRI in biomedicine

J Ruiz‐Cabello, BP Barnett, PA Bottomley… - NMR in …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Shortly after the introduction of 1H MRI, fluorinated molecules were tested as MR‐detectable
tracers or contrast agents. Many fluorinated compounds, which are nontoxic and chemically …

Functional imaging of the lungs with gas agents

SJ Kruger, SK Nagle, MJ Couch, Y Ohno… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This review focuses on the state‐of‐the‐art of the three major classes of gas contrast agents
used in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)—hyperpolarized (HP) gas, molecular oxygen …

A fault tolerance technique for combinational circuits based on selective-transistor redundancy

AT Sheikh, AH El-Maleh, MES Elrabaa… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With fabrication technology reaching nanolevels, systems are becoming more prone to
manufacturing defects with higher susceptibility to soft errors. This paper is focused on …

Theory, instrumentation, and applications of electron paramagnetic resonance oximetry

R Ahmad, P Kuppusamy - Chemical reviews, 2010 - ACS Publications
Oxygen is the third most abundant element in the universe by mass after hydrogen and
helium. It has an atomic number of 8 and is represented by the symbol O. At standard …

Pulmonary Ultrashort Echo Time 19F MR Imaging with Inhaled Fluorinated Gas Mixtures in Healthy Volunteers: Feasibility

MJ Couch, IK Ball, T Li, MS Fox, SL Littlefield, B Biman… - Radiology, 2013 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To perform static breath-hold fluorine 19 (19F) three-dimensional (3D) ultrashort
echo time (UTE) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of the lungs in healthy volunteers by …

Perfluoropropane gas as a magnetic resonance lung imaging contrast agent in humans

AF Halaweish, RE Moon, WM Foster, BJ Soher… - Chest, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Fluorine-enhanced MRI is a relatively inexpensive and straightforward
technique that facilitates regional assessments of pulmonary ventilation. In this report, we …

Quantitative magnetic resonance fluorine imaging: today and tomorrow

J Chen, GM Lanza, SA Wickline - … Reviews: Nanomedicine and …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Fluorine (19F) is a promising moiety for quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). It
possesses comparable magnetic resonance (MR) sensitivity to proton (1H) but exhibits no …

19F MRI of the Lungs Using Inert Fluorinated Gases: Challenges and New Developments

MJ Couch, IK Ball, T Li, MS Fox… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Fluorine‐19 (19F) MRI using inhaled inert fluorinated gases is an emerging technique that
can provide functional images of the lungs. Inert fluorinated gases are nontoxic, abundant …

Toward Hyperpolarized 19F Molecular Imaging via Reversible Exchange with Parahydrogen

RV Shchepin, BM Goodson, T Theis… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Fluorine‐19 has high NMR detection sensitivity—similar to that of protons—owing to its large
gyromagnetic ratio and high natural abundance (100%). Unlike protons, however, fluorine …

Fluorine-19 MRI contrast agents for cell tracking and lung imaging

MS Fox, JM Gaudet, PJ Foster - Magnetic resonance …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Fluorine-19 (19F)-based contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging stand to
revolutionize imaging-based research and clinical trials in several fields of medical …