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Magnetic field dependence of solvent proton relaxation induced by Gd 3+ and Mn 2+ complexes
Author(s) -
Koenig Seymour H.,
Baglin Coral,
Brown Rodney D.,
Fred Brewer C.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
magnetic resonance in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.696
H-Index - 225
eISSN - 1522-2594
pISSN - 0740-3194
DOI - 10.1002/mrm.1910010408
Subject(s) - ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid , chemistry , paramagnetism , ion , proton , relaxation (psychology) , solvent , nuclear magnetic resonance , chemical shift , metal ions in aqueous solution , chelation , inorganic chemistry , analytical chemistry (journal) , physics , social psychology , psychology , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , chromatography
The effect of solute paramagnetic ions on the longitudinal magnetic relaxation rate 1/T 1 of solvent water protons depends on magnetic field strength and on the chemical environment of the ions. The variation of 1/T 1 with field has been measured for solutions of Gd 3+ and Mn 2+ ions in three grossly different environments near physiological pH: the hydrated aquoion; chelated by EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid) and DTPA (diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid); and bound to the protein concanavalin A. It is demonstrated that over the field range at which NMR imaging is currently being done, the chemical environment can alter 1/T 1 of solvent protons by more than an order of magnitude. The relevance of these results to the potential utility of these ions as agents for enhancement of contrast in NMR images is discussed.