Applications of Optical Pumping

这是一个积极研究光泵浦机制和光泵浦技术发展的项目，特别关注将这项工作的结果与惰性气体增强MRI相结合。它将与该大学的核磁共振小组密切合作进行。最初的重点将是通过增加极化稀有气体原子的数量来增强MRI信号。最终目标将是探索时间依赖的功能成像，以及通过吸收血液中的稀有气体在组织中成像的可能性，然后将它们沉积在感兴趣的区域。

This is a program of aggressive study of optical pumping mechanisms and development of optical pumping techniques with particular attention toward coupling the results of this work to noble-gas-enhanced MRI. It will be carried out in close collaboration with MRI team from the university. The initial focus will be on enhancing the MRI signal through increasing the number of polarized rare gas atoms. The ultimate goal will be to explore time-dependent functional imaging as well as the possibility of imaging in tissues through absorption of the rare gases in the blood stream, which will then deposit them in the areas of interest.