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American Journal of Neuroradiology, Vol 16, Issue 10 2010-2012, Copyright © 1995 by American Society of Neuroradiology

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Inhaled oxygen: a brain MR contrast agent?

Y Berthezene, P Tournut, F Turjman, R N'Gbesso, B Falise and JC Froment
Hopital Neurologique et Neurochirurgical, Lyon, France.

Oxygen inhalation led to subtle but readily detectable changes on T2*- weighted images with a conventional MR imager at 1.5 T. We attribute the increase in local signal intensity to changes in blood oxygenation, in particular to a net conversion of deoxyhemoglobin to oxyhemoglobin.


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