The effects of an initial depolarization pulse on dissolved phase hyperpolarized 129 Xe brain MRI.
Yurii ShepelytskyiVira GrynkoTao LiAyman HassanKarl GranbergMitchell S AlbertPublished in: Magnetic resonance in medicine (2021)
An initial 90° depolarization RF pulse, applied prior to the HP 129 Xe image acquisition, reduced the HP 129 Xe signal variability more than two times between the different breath-hold images.