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13 C spectroscopic imaging. A simple approach to in vivo 13 C investigations
Author(s) -
Müller S.,
Beckmann N.
Publication year - 1989
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.1910120313
Subject(s) - heteronuclear molecule , nuclear magnetic resonance , spectroscopy , physics , chemistry , nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy , analytical chemistry (journal) , chromatography , quantum mechanics
13 C spectroscopic imaging (SI) is implemented and tested on a Siemens whole‐body MR instrument for in vivo localized 13 C spectroscopy. The method provides spectroscopic maps of extended regions of interest. It is found that 13 C SI is an ideal field of application for the spectroscopic imaging technique since most other localization methods suffer from chemical‐shift or offset artifacts for this nucleus. Applications of 13 C SI with a single 13 C rf channel as well as in combination with polarization transfer experiments and heteronuclear broadband decoupling are shown. © 1989 Academic Press, Inc.