We demonstrate the use of hyperpolarized (HP) 129Xe MRI as a novel fMRI modality. We successfully obtained axial HP Xe fMRI maps from healthy humans throughout the conduct of a 1-back memory task. Our preliminary results suggest that HP 129Xe fMRI may have a sensitivity of up to an order of magnitude more than BOLD fMRI.
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