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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 133, Issue 1, Pages 97-101Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ja108529m
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- ICMIC [5P50 CA128323-03]
- NIH [R00 1R00CA13474 9, R25 CA136440, 3R00CA134749-02S1]
- Prevent Cancer Foundation
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Presented here is a centrally controlled, automated parahydrogen-based polarizer with in situ detection capability. A 20% polarization, corresponding to a 5 000 000-fold signal enhancement at 48 mT, is demonstrated on 2-hydroxyethyl-1-C-13-propionate-d(2,3,3) using a double-tuned antenna and pulsed polarization transfer. In situ detection is a refinement of first-generation devices enabling fast calibration of rf pulses and B-0, quality assurance of hyperpolarized contrast agents, and stand-alone operation without the necessity of high-field MR spectrometers. These features are essential for biomedical applications of parahydrogen-based hyperpolarization and for clinical translation. We demonstrate the flexibility of the device by recording C-13 signal decay due to longitudinal relaxation of a hyperpolarized contrast agent at 48 mT corresponding to 2 MHz proton frequency. This appears to be the longest recorded T-1 (101 +/- 7 s) for a C-13 hyperpolarized contrast agent in water.
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