Abstract #2166

A 3-Liter Capacity, Hybrid Spin-Exchange 3He Polarizer for Medical Imaging

Karen E. Mooney¹, G. Wilson Miller², Peter A. M. Dolph¹, William Alexander Tobias¹, Vladimir Nelyubin¹, Jaideep Singh¹, John P. Mugler III², Gordon D. Cates^1,2

¹Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA; ²Radiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA

We will describe the design and performance characteristics of our new Hybrid ³He Polarizer. The 3L capacity device produces polarization levels approaching 60%.