Hyperpolarized Xenon MRI Biosensors Development Program

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Hyperpolarized (HP) Xenon magnetic resonance (MR) imaging biosensors have the potential to revolutionize the detection and characterization of disease and may perhaps one day provide a lower cost complement to positron emission tomography (PET) as a preferred method of molecular imaging. MR imaging biosensors have high spatial resolution (similar to MRI) with high sensitivity (similar to PET) without any of the ionizing radiation associated with PET. Additionally, xenon imaging biosensors are of significantly lower cost than PET. This lower cost and lack of ionizing radiation make these imaging biosensors more conducive to more frequent imaging studies.