Hyperpolarized MR Imaging with Carbon-13 Pyruvate in the Human Body

Hyperpolarized 13C-pyruvate is injected intravenously at a dose of 0.43 mL/kg body weight, and at a rate of 5 mL/second followed by a 20 mL saline flush at 5 mL/second when the patient is already in the MRI scanner