In addition to lighting, xenon’s noble gas properties impart advantages for medical and industrial imaging applications:
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MRI – Hyperpolarized xenon gas enhances MRI imaging as an inhaled contrast agent.
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Nuclear medicine – Radioactive xenon isotopes are used in diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals.
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Anesthesia – Xenon has rapid anesthetic onset and low toxicity when inhaled at high concentrations.
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PET/CT scans – Xenon-124 is a short half-life positron emitter for functional PET imaging studies.
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Radiation detection – High-density xenon media in ionization chambers accurately measure radiation dosage.
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Cryogenics – Liquid xenon’s scintillation is used to detect rare particle interactions in instruments.
Xenon will continue serving important roles in cutting-edge imaging technologies relying on its inert nature and special radiation properties.
Post time: Sep-18-2023