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Xenon Hyperpolariser

The Xenon Hyperpolariser is used clinically for pulmonology research and diagnosis. The Centre for Advanced Biomedical Imaging (CABI) uses this to study the lungs.

How to get access

Location

Paul O'Gorman Building, Bloomsbury

Available to

Academic and industry collaborators

Prices

TBC

Contact

Matthew Grist (m.grist@ucl.ac.uk)

Bookings

Working with CABI

The UCL Cancer Institute in Bloomsbury

What is the Xenon Hyperpolariser used for?

The Xenon Hyperpolariser is used clinically for pulmonology research and diagnosis.

The polarising process enhances the MRI signal strength of the gases by 5 orders of magnitude.

This MRI technique doesn't use radiation and can be repeated without causing harm to the human patient or small animal. Hyperpolarised Xenon gas MRI can visualise all 23 branches of the human airways within the lung.

The Centre for Advanced Biomedical Imaging has acquired this equipment to study the lungs.

Lung scans generated by Xenon gas hyperpolariser

A diagram of the schematics and dimensions of the Xenon Hyperpolariser machine

A photograph of the hyperpolariser machine in packaging at the Centre for Advanced Biomedical Imaging

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