Device to measure the polarization of a hyperpolarized resonant substance
US6356080B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 28, 1999 |
| Grant date | Mar 12, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 28, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R33/282
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A device for measuring the polarization of a hyperpolarized resonant substance; in a particular embodiment a hyperpolarized noble gas. A specimen of the hyperpolarized substance is made one component of a coupled oscillator, the other component being a resonant electric circuit. Such a coupled system has, in general, two stable modes of oscillation, and their frequencies are related to various parameters of the system, including the polarization of the specimen of hyperpolarized substance. The polarization can therefore be deduced from these frequencies.
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