Changes in proton T1 in dog brains due to the administration of haloperidol

Changes in proton T1 in dog brains due to the administration of haloperidol were determined by the intravenous administration of a single dose of 20 mg of haloperidol to mongrel dogs. The MRI used was the Aberdeen type with the static magnetic field of 0.1 T. A coil made exclusively for these animals (bore diameter 120 mm) was used. There was a significant increase in the T1 value in the striate body 30 minutes and more (within two hours) after the administration of haloperidol. Subtraction images were also obtained by subtracting the image of the pre-treatment (control) T1 values from the image of the post-treatment values (2 hours after the injection). The subtraction images also revealed increases in the T1 values of the striate body.     

In vivo NMR T2 relaxation of experimental brain tumors in the cat: a multiparameter tissue characterization.

Experimental gliomas (F98) were inoculated in cat brain for the systematic study of their in vivo T₂ relaxation time behavior. With a CPMG multi-echo imaging sequence, a train of 16 echoes was evaluated to obtain the transverse relaxation time and the magnetization M(0) at time T = 0. The magnetization decay curves were analyzed for biexponentiality. All tissues showed monoexponential T₂, only that of the ventricular fluid and part of the vital tumor tissue were biexponential. Based on these NMR relaxation parameters the tissues were characterized, their correct assignment being assured by comparison with histological slices. T₂ of normal grey and white matter was 74 ± 6 and 72 ± 6 msec, respectively. These two tissue types were distinguished through M(0) which for white matter was only 0.88 of the intensity of grey matter in full agreement with water content, determined from tissue specimens. At the time of maximal tumor growth and edema spread a tissue differentiation was possible in NMR relaxation parameter images. Separation of the three tissue groups of normal tissue, tumor and edema was based on T₂ with T_2(normal) < T_2(tumor) < T_2(edema). Using M(0) as a second parameter the differentiation was supported, in particular between white matter and tumor or edema. Animals were studied at 1–4 wk after tumor implantation to study tumor development. The magnetization M(0) of both tumor and peritumoral edema went through a maximum between the second and third week of tumor growth. T₂ of edema was maximal at the same time with 133 ± 4 msec, while the relaxation time of tumor continued to increase during the whole growth period, reaching values of 114 ± 12 msec at the fourth week. Thus, a complete characterization of pathological tissues with NMR relaxometry must include a detailed study of the developmental changes of these tissues to assure correct experimental conditions for the goal of optimal contrast between normal and pathological regions in the NMR images.     

NMR relaxation of protons in tissues and other macromolecular water solutions

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) longitudinal (T₁) and transverse (T₂) relaxation parameters have been evaluated for protein solutions, cellular suspensions and tissues using both data from our laboratory and the extensive literature. It is found that this data can be generalized and explained in terms of three water phases: free water, hydration water, and crystalline water. The proposed model which we refer to as the FPD model differs from similar models in that it assumes that free and hydration water are two phases with distinct relaxation times but that T₁ = T₂ in each phase. In addition there is a single correlation time for each rather than a distribution as assumed in most other models. Longitudinal decay is predicted to be single exponent in character resulting from a fast exchange between the free and hydration compartments. Transverse decay is predicted to be multiphasic with crystalline (T₂ 10 μsec), hydration (T₂ 10 sec) and free (T₂ 100 sec) water normally visible. The observed or effective transverse relaxation times for both the hydration and free water phases are greatly affected by the crystalline phase and are much shorter than the inherent relaxation times.     

Selection of pulse sequences producing maximum tissue contrast in magnetic resonance imaging

The importance of spin density [N(H)] and spin-lattice (T₁) and spin-spin (T₂) relaxation in the characterization of tissue by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is clearly recognized. This work considers which optimized pulse sequences provide the best tissue discrimination between a given pair of tissues. The effects of tissue spin density and machine-imposed minimum rephasing echo times (TE_MIN) for achieving maximum signal tissue contrast are discussed. A long TE_MIN sacrifices T₁-dependent contrast in saturation recovery (SR) and inversion recovery (IR) pulse sequences so that spin-echo (SE) becomes the optimum sequence to provide tissue contrast, due to T₂ relaxation. Pulse sequences providing superior performance may be selected based on spin density and T₁ and T₂ ratios for a given pair of tissues. Selection of the preferred pulse sequence and interpulse delay times to produce maximum tissue contrast is strongly dependent on knowledge of tissue spin densities as well as T₁ and T₂ characteristics. As the spin density ratio increases, IR replaces SR as the preferred sequence and SE replaces IR and SR as the pulse sequence providing superior contrast. To select the optimal pulse sequence and interpulse delay times, an accurate knowledge of tissue spin density, T₁ and T₂ must be known for each tissue.     

基于多弛豫信号补偿的快速磁共振T1ρ散布成像

定量磁共振成像（MRI）可量化组织特性,是科学研究和临床研究的重要工具.旋转坐标系下的自旋-晶格弛豫时间（T_1ρ）能反映水与大分子之间的低频交互作用,在3 T及以上的高场环境下,T_1ρ受水和不稳定质子之间化学交换的影响较大,通过测量弛豫率随自旋锁定场强度的变化而得到其分布情况（T_1ρ散布）,可用于分析和量化质子的交换过程,因此T_1ρ散布是一种重要的定量MRI技术.然而,获得不同自旋锁定场强下T_1ρ加权图像的时间过长,限制了其应用范围.针对这一问题,本研究提出一种基于多弛豫信号补偿策略的快速T_1ρ散布成像方法.该方法将不同锁定频率下的T_1ρ加权图像补偿到同一信号强度水平,并结合低秩与稀疏建立重建模型.实验结果表明,该方法在加速倍数高达7倍时仍获得了较好的重建结果.     

Classification of static spherically symmetric perfect fluid space-times via conformal vector fields in f(T) gravity

In this paper, we classify static spherically symmetric (SS) perfect fluid space-times via conformal vector fields (CVFs) in f(T) gravity. For this analysis, we first explore static SS solutions by solving the Einstein field equations in f(T) gravity. Secondly, we implement a direct integration technique to classify the resulting solutions. During the classification, there arose 20 cases. Studying each case thoroughly, we came to know that in three cases the space-times under consideration admit proper CVFs in f(T) gravity. In one case, the space-time admits proper homothetic vector fields, whereas in the remaining 16 cases either the space-times become conformally flat or they admit Killing vector fields.     

LiAl分子基态、激发态势能曲线和振动能级

利用单双激发多参考组态相互作用方法获得了LiAl分子基态X¹∑⁺及七个激发态a³∏, A¹∏, b³∑⁺, c³∑⁺, B¹∏, C¹∑⁺, d³∏的势能曲线, 通过势能曲线得到各态的平衡核间距R_e, 进而求得绝热激发能和垂直激发能.计算结果表明:c³∑⁺ 电子态是一个不稳定的排斥态, A¹∏态是一个较弱的束缚态, 其余6个电子态均为束缚态; b³∑⁺与 c³∑⁺态之间存在预解离现象; 8个电子态分别解离到两个通道, 即Li(²S)+Al(²P⁰)与Li(²P⁰)+Al(²P⁰). 接着将势能曲线拟合到Murrel-Sorbie解析势能函数形式, 据此获得各态的光谱数据:基态X¹∑⁺的平衡键长为0.2863 nm, 谐振频率为316 cm^-1, 解离能D_e为1.03 eV, 激发态a³∏, A¹∏, b³∑⁺, c³∑⁺, B¹∏, C¹∑⁺, d³∏的垂直激发能依次为0.27, 0.83, 1.18, 1.14, 1.62, 1.81, 2.00 eV; 解离能依次为1.03, 0.82, 0.26, 排斥态, 1.54, 1.10, 0.93 eV, 相应谐振频率 ω_e为339, 237, 394, 排斥态, 429, 192, 178 cm^-1. 通过求解核运动的薛定谔方程找到了J=0时 LiAl分子7个束缚电子态的振动能级和转动惯量. 关键词： LiAl 光谱常数 势能曲线 振动能级     

Correlation between 1H FID and T1rho components in heterogeneous polymer systems: an application to SBS

Wideline ¹H FID and relaxation measurements of a relatively simple motionally heterogeneous system, the triblock copolymer styrene–butadiene–styrene, have been performed in a temperature range between the polystyrene and polybutadiene glass transition temperatures. The two FID and the two spin lattice relaxation time in the rotating frame (T_1ρ) components found at each temperature have been correlated by means of a two-dimensional approach. It is shown that this approach allows dynamic information, not accessible simply by interpreting proton T₁ and T_1ρ data, to be revealed. In the case examined, the correlation found could be confirmed by high-resolution ¹H T_1ρ-selective ¹³C Cross Polarization experiments.     

Study of activation parameters and NMR spin-lattice relaxation time in some substituted amines

The present communication reports the experimental values of NMR spin-lattice relaxation time (T₁) and dielectric relaxation time (τ) of piperidine, pyrrole, pyridine, diethylamine, triethylamine and pyrrolidine. The values of activation energy (ΔE_A) obtained using dielectric relaxation time, have been correlated with calculated values of ΔE_A obtained using Arrhenius equation of NMR relaxation time (T₁) for pyridine, diethylamine and pyrrole. Authors have also established a correlation between the experimental values of NMR spin-relaxation time (T₁) with its calculated values obtained using different equations of dielectric relaxation time (τ).     

Radiation-induced changes in phosphorus T1values in human melanoma xenografts studied by P-MRS

³¹P-magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) has been shown to be a promising method for monitoring tumor response to radiation therapy. The purpose of the work reported here was to investigate whether the usefulness of ³¹P-MRS might be enhanced by measurement of spin-lattice relaxation times (T₁s) in addition to resonance ratios. The work was based on the hypothesis that tumors having a high probability of being controlled locally would show shortened T₁s during the treatment course due to reoxygenation and development of necrosis. BEX-t human melanoma xenografts, which show efficient reoxygenation and development of necrosis following single dose irradiation, were used as tumor models. Tumors were treated with single doses of 5.0 or 15.0 Gy and the T₁s of the inorganic phosphate and nucleoside triphosphate β resonances were measured as a function of time after irradiation by using the superfast inversion recovery method. Fractional tumor water content was determined by drying excised tumors at 50°C until a constant weight was reached. The T₁s in irradiated tumors were either longer than or not significantly different from those in unirradiated control tumors. The increase in the T₁s following irradiation coincided in time with a radiation-induced increase in tumor water content, suggesting a causal relationship. The effects of reoxygenation and development of necrosis on T₁s were probably overshadowed by the effects of tumor water content. Consequently, the usefulness of ³¹P-MRS in monitoring tumor response to radiation therapy might not be significantly enhanced by measurement of T₁s.     

The effect of dexamethasone on tissue water distribution and proton relaxation in Panc02 tumors

The present experiments were conducted to determine the effects of dexamethasone mediated changes in tumor water distribution on proton relaxation times (T1, T2) in a murine pancreatic adenocarcinoma (Panc02). Spin lattice (T1) and spin-spin (T2) relaxation times were determined by ex vivo methods (10MHz) and by in vivo imaging techniques (6.25 MHz) at various intervals after single or multiple dexamethasone treatments. In complementary studies, dexamethasone mediated changes in tumor capillary permeability, tumor water distribution, relative tumor blood flow and tumor cell proliferation were also determined.

Proton spin lattice (T1) and spin-spin (T2 relaxation times for Panc02 tumors shortened within two hours of a single dexamethasone treatment. The time course and magnitude of this response was dexamethasone dose dependent. The time dependent changes in T1 and T2 after dexamethasone were similar at 10 MHz (ex vivo) and 6.25 MHz (in vivo imaging). Although dexamethasone produced little or no change in total tumor water content and tumor cell proliferation, transient changes in the physiologic distribution of tumor water were clearly demonstrated.

The data supports the idea that dexamethasone induced changes in the distribution of tumor water were mediated by changes in capillary permeability and tumor blood flow. These physiologic responses produced serial changes in tumor extracellular extravascular water content that were consistent with the observed changes in tumor T1 and T2. The results from these experiments might imply that therapy associated changes in tumor proton relaxation times may not only reflect changes in tissue water content, but may also reflect physiologic responses which alter the distribution of tissue water and solute.     

The effect of Magic Angle Spinning on proton spin–lattice relaxation times in some organic solids

Proton spectra of solids are usually broadened by strong proton homonuclear dipolar interactions. However, substantial line narrowing may be achieved by Magic Angle Spinning (MAS) in systems of low proton density or in systems in which rapid molecular motions occur. In such conditions, T₁(H) measurements are often used to characterise the dynamics of each resolved proton site. We show that T₁(H) values measured for solid organic compounds with high proton abundance, such as adamantane and glycine, may be strongly dependent on the spinning rate employed, so that care is required when values are compared. The effects of molecular motion and proton density on T₁(H) and its dependence on spinning rate were investigated. We found that an increase in molecular motion leads to an increase of T₁(H) at higher spinning rates. The opposite is found for systems with low proton densities which show relatively lower T₁(H), at higher spinning rates. A possible interpretation is suggested in terms of the reduced spin diffusion efficiency at higher spinning rates.     

Dynamic behaviors of water contained in calcium-silicate-hydrate gel at different temperatures studied by quasi-elastic neutron scattering spectroscopy

The dynamic behaviors of water contained in calcium-silicate-hydrate(C-S-H) gel with different water content values from 10%to 30%(by weight),are studied by using an empirical diffusion model(EDM) to analyze the experimental data of quasi-elastic neutron scattering(QENS) spectra at measured temperatures ranging from 230 K to 280 K.In the study,the experimental QENS spectra with the whole Q-range are considered.Several important parameters including the bound/immobile water elastic coefficient A,the bound water index BWI,the Lorentzian with a half-width at half-maximum(HWHM) Γ_1(Q) and Γ_2(Q),the self-diffusion coefficients D_(t1) and D_(t2) of water molecules,the average residence times τ_(01)and τ_(02),and the proton mean squared displacement(MSD)(u~2) are obtained.The results show that the QENS spectra can be fitted very well not only for small Q(≤1 A~1) but also for large Q.The bound/immobile water fraction in a C-S-H gel sample can be shown by the fitted BWI.The distinction between bound/immobile and mobile water,which includes confined water and ultra-confined water,can be seen by the fitted MSD.All the MSD tend to be the smallest value below 0.25 A~2(the MSD of bound/immobile water) as the Q increases to 1.9 A~1 no matter what the temperature and water content are.Furthermore,by the abrupt changes of the fitted values of D_(t1),τ_(01),and Γ_1(Q),a crossover temperature at 250 K,namely the liquid-to-crystal-like transition temperature,can be identified for confined water in large gel pores(LGPs) and/or small gel pores(SGPs) contained in the C-S-H gel sample with 30% water content.     

Anomalous magnetotransport phenomena in θ-(BEDT-TTF)2I3

Anomalous magnetotransport phenomena have been observed in θ-(BEDT-TTF)₂I₃ crystals at temperatures below 15 K. The magnetoresistance M : (1) is a linear function of the magnetic field H, (2) is not affected by the angle between the electric current and the magnetic field, (3) but depends on the magnetic field orientation with respect to the crystal axis. Magnetoresistance is expressed as M = (aH²_a + bH²_b + cH²_c)₀^-3/2/H in terms of H = (H_a, H_b, H_c), the zero field resistivity ₀, and parameters a, b, and c which are independent of temperature and magnetic field. We have found that b a > c. Magnetoresistance up to 40 is observed for H = 7T along the b-axis at T = 1.5K.     

Nuclear magnetic resonance relaxometry of the normal heart: Relationship between collagen content and relaxation times of the four chambers

The use of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) relaxation time measurements for characterization of abnormal cardiac tissue depends upon knowledge of variations of relaxation times of normal myocardium and determinants of these variations. We calculated in vitro NMR T₁ and T₂ relaxation times of canine myocardium from the four cardiac chambers, and determined hydroxyproline concentration (as a measure of collagen) and percent water content of the samples. We found both water content and T₁ relaxation time of the right ventricle to be significantly greater than the left atrium (p < 0.05). T₂ relaxation time of the left ventricle was found to be shorter than each of the other three chambers (p < 0.05). There were significant correlations between the spin-lattice relaxation time and both percent water content (r = 0.58) and hydroxyproline concentration (r = 0.45). A significant correlation was also found between T₂ relaxation time and hydroxyproline concentration (r = 0.49). When T₁ and T₂ were adjusted for water and hydroxyproline content, there was no longer any evidence for significant interchamber differences for either T₁ or T₂. These data suggest that differences in NMR relaxation times exist among the four chambers of the normal canine heart. Furthermore, a major determinant of myocardial spin-lattice relaxation time is tissue water content while both collagen content and percent water content significantly contribute to variability in cardiac chamber T₂ relaxation times.     

Proton spectroscopy of human stroke: Assessment of transverse relaxation times and partial volume effects in single volume STEAM MRS

Proton T₂ relaxation times were measured in 13 stroke patients and 13 aged-matched normal subjects at 2.1 T. Spectra were acquired from an 8-cc volume using the STEAM sequence with echo times (TE) of 30.4 ms and 270.0 ms and repetition time of 2.8 s. Transverse relaxation times were estimated using two-point calculations. Percentage volume of infarct in the STEAM voxel was measured on spin-echo MRI encompassing the infarct and correlated with the peak amplitude of N-acetylated compounds (NA). T₂ values of NA, creatine, and choline resonances showed no significant difference between patients and controls. T₂ for lactate in patients was 780 ± 257 ms, respectively (mean ± SE, n = 7). In stroke patients, high inverse correlation was found between the absolute NA signal and partial volume of normal brain contributing to each spectrum (p < .001, r = 0.97). Together with unchanged T₂, this suggests that NAA largely disappears from infarcted tissue within 24 hr postinfarct.     

Temperature dependence of intensities and widths of N2-broadened lines in the 15 μm CO2 band from tunable laser measurements

Intensities and nitrogen-broadened widths of several low-J lines in the Q-branch of the 15 μm band of CO₂ have been determined over the temperature range 200–300 K. Measurements were made with a tunable infra-red diode laser spectrometer having a spectral resolution 10^-4 cm^-1. Measured intensities are uniformly about 7% lower than available calculations which were based on previous measurements of band intensity. Measured line widths are higher than available calculations and generally followed the relation

b_L⁰(T)=b_L⁰(T₀)(T₀|T)ⁿ

with n = 0.74 (standard deviation 0.08).     

Establishing norms for age-related changes in proton T1 of human brain tissue in vivo

The goal of this study was to determine the expected normal range of variation in spin-lattice relaxation time (T₁) of brain tissue in vivo, as a function of age. A previously validated precise and accurate inversion recovery method was used to map T₁ transversely, at the level of the basal ganglia, in a study population of 115 healthy subjects (ages 4 to 72; 57 male and 58 female). Least-squares regression analysis shows that T₁ varied as a function of age in pulvinar nucleus (R² = 56%), anterior thalamus (R² = 51%), caudate (R² = 50%), frontal white matter (R² = 47%), optic radiation (R² = 39%), putamen (R² = 36%), genu (R² = 22%), occipital white matter (R² = 20%) (all p < 0.0001), and cortical gray matter (R² = 53%) (p < 0.001). There were no significant differences in T₁ between men and women. T₁ declines throughout adolescence and early adulthood, to achieve a minimum value in the fourth to sixth decade of life, then T₁ begins to increase. Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging provides evidence that brain tissue continues to change throughout the lifespan among healthy subjects with no neurologic deficits. Age-related changes follow a strikingly different schedule in different brain tissues; white matter tracts tend to reach a minimum T₁ value, and to increase again, sooner than do gray matter tracts. Such normative data may prove useful for the early detection of brain pathology in patients.     

Dyonic membranes

We present dyonic multi-membrane solutions of the N = 2 D = 8 supergravity theory that serves as the effective field theory of the T²-compactified type II superstring theory. The ‘electric’ charge is fractional for generic asymptotic values of an axion field, as for D = 4 dyons. These membrane solutions are supersymmetric, saturate a Bogomolnyi bound, fill out orbits of an subgroup of the type II D = 8 T-duality group, and are non-singular when considered as solutions of T³-compactified D = 11 supergravity. On K₃ compactification to D = 4, the conjectured type II/heterotic equivalence allows the group to be reinterpreted as the S-duality group of the toroidally compactified heterotic string and the dyonic membranes wrapped around homology two-cycles of K₃ as S-duals of perturbative heterotic string states.     

川西气田白云岩储层二维核磁共振测井气水识别方法

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