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AUTHOR
Erik Van Dyke
13C and 15N NMR Detection of Metabolites via Relayed Hyperpolarization at 1 T and 1.4 T
Nuclear-spin hyperpolarization allows various magnetic-resonance applications in chemistry and medicine that are unattainable by standard methods. For such applications, parahydrogen-based hyperpolarization approaches are particularly attractive because of their technical simplicity, low cost, and ability to quickly (in seconds) produce large volumes of hyperpolarized material. Although many parahydrogen-based techniques have emerged, some of them remain unexplored due to the lack of careful optimization studies. In this work, we investigate and optimize a novel parahydrogen-induced polarization (PHIP) technique that relies on proton exchange referred to below as PHIP-relay. An INEPT (insen…
Rapid hyperpolarization and purification of the metabolite fumarate in aqueous solution
Significance Magnetic resonance imaging is hindered by inherently low sensitivity, which limits the method for the most part to observing water molecules in the body. Hyperpolarized molecules exhibit strongly enhanced MRI signals which opens the door for imaging low-concentration species in vivo. Biomolecules can be hyperpolarized and injected into a patient allowing for metabolism to be tracked in real time, greatly expanding the information available to the radiologist. Parahydrogen-induced polarization (PHIP) is a hyperpolarization method renowned for its low cost and accessibility, but is generally limited by low polarization levels, modest molecular concentrations, and contamination by…