脉冲动态核极化增强的NMR和MRI系统研究（英文）

该文介绍了一种自行设计和构建的可扩展脉冲动态核极化谱仪,可以实现核磁共振波谱与磁共振成像的功能.该仪器的新颖设计主要有:1)采用基于PCIe的分布式总线结构,能够极大地提高数据传输效率和通信可靠性,实现精确控制脉冲序列;2)采用外部高速的DDR芯片存储脉冲序列元素和FID数据,可以极大的提高脉冲序列的执行速度,减少快速成像序列的TR时间间隔;3)采用时钟移相技术,可以精确产生分辨率为纳秒级别的数字脉冲.最后对该仪器的动态核极化-磁共振波谱与核磁共振成像功能进行了实验验证.     

基于Eclipse图形建模框架的图形化脉冲序列设计软件的实现

采用Eclipse图形建模框架（Graphical Modeling Framework,GMF）技术构建了一个图形化磁共振脉冲序列设计软件．软件具备所见即所得的特点,用户使用拖放方式所画出的脉冲序列与教科书和参考文献上的脉冲序列几乎一样．软件支持核磁共振（Nuclear Magnetic Resonance,NMR）波谱和磁共振成像（Magnetic Resonance Imaging,MRI）的脉冲序列设计,同时提供实验参数管理模块,实现脉冲序列基础上的NMR实验设计和执行预览．得益于GMF完善的模型-视图-控制器模式和强大的代码生成能力,软件开发周期大幅度缩短、扩展能力大幅度提高．     

微波诱导光学核极化进展

微波诱导光学核极化（Microwave-Induced Optical Nuclear Polarization,MIONP）技术利用光激发三重态样品来极化电子,再用微波将处于非热平衡态的电子极化转移到待检测原子核,将原子核的检测灵敏度提高几个量级甚至更多．这种灵敏度极化增强方法可以用来进行蛋白质结构和动力学检测、光化学和光物理进程的基础研究、量子计算和低场核磁共振（Low-field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance,Low-field NMR）与磁共振成像（Magnetic Resonance Imaging,MRI）应用研究．该文简要分析了MIONP的物理原理及其在核极化增强中的优势,结合实验条件综述了一些重要的成果．最后,对微波诱导光学核极化的前景作了展望．     

人脑GABA测量在临床3 T磁共振成像系统上的实现

γ-氨基丁酸(γ-Aminobutyric Acid，GABA)是人脑中枢神经系统中一种重要的抑制性神经递质，对神经活动的调节起着主导作用.由于人脑GABA固有含量低以及与其他代谢物谱峰的重叠，在临床用磁共振成像系统中使用点分辨波谱(PRESS)序列或受激回波采集模式(STEAM)序列难以直接检测到GABA δ 3.01信号. 该文报道了MEGA-PRESS脉冲序列在临床用3 T磁共振成像系统上的实现，采用J差分谱编辑技术实现了对GABA的检测. 水模实验和人脑在体实验显示，MEGA-PRESS序列对GABA δ 3.01信号具有较好的检测效果.     

基于FPGA的低场核磁共振谱仪脉冲编程器设计与实现

脉冲编程器在核磁共振(NMR) 谱仪中非常重要,具有产生脉冲序列所需的射频脉冲,控制回波信号的同步接收等功能. 基于FPGA的同步性能和时序控制功能,设计了低场NMR谱仪的脉冲编程器,可产生任意脉冲序列,实现脉冲频率、相位、幅度的灵活调节. 利用设计的脉冲编程器在0.540 Tesla均匀磁场下进行了CuSO₄溶液的T₁和T₂测量,得到高信噪比的NMR回波串.     

具有独立延时功能的脉冲序列发生器

在磁共振成像（Magnetic Resonance Imaging,MRI）系统中,谱仪是中心控制单元,其脉冲序列发生器输出的多通道指令分别控制各硬件部件协调工作,从而采集数据并重建图像,各硬件部件之间的相对延时会影响磁共振图像的质量或导致系统无法采集到图像.为了解决这一问题,本文设计了每个输出通道均具有可调延时功能的脉冲序列发生器,每一路通道的最大延时值为819 μs,延时步进值为50 ns,可实现对相对延时的精确补偿.由于延时功能是通过在脉冲序列发生器每个输出通道上添加独立延时电路实现的,因此具有结构简单,灵活性高的优点.     

动态核极化谱仪的技术改造

介绍了动态核极化(DNP)谱仪数字系统的改造和一套的射频发射和接收系统的建立.谱仪射频通道的90°脉冲宽度为5μs,能完全满足固体交叉极化和大功率去耦的实验要求.实现了DNP增强曲线的自动测量     

糖尿病脑病的磁共振研究

糖尿病是由胰岛素分泌不足（T1DM）或胰岛素抵抗（T2DM）而引发的慢性代谢疾病,严重影响人们的生活质量. 中枢神经系统是糖尿病并发症的易感部位. 临床研究和流行病学调查结果显示,糖尿病会引发脑白质损伤、脑萎缩和认知功能障碍,并会增加脑卒中的风险. 磁共振成像和活体磁共振波谱可提供大脑解剖结构、功能及代谢等多方面的信息. 近年来,随着人们对糖尿病脑病关注度的不断增加和认识的不断加深,磁共振成像和活体波谱开始并越来越多地被应用于该疾病的研究. 该文综述磁共振成像与活体波谱技术在糖尿病脑病研究中的应用及最新进展.     

第九届全国波谱学学术年会征文通知

第九届全国波谱学学术年会征文通知中国物理学会波谱学专业委员会关于第九届全国波谱学学术年会的征文通知如下：会议时间、地点：１９９６年９月，河北省承德市．征文内容：有关核磁共振、电子顺磁共振、磁共振成像、核四极矩共振、光磁共振、原子束和气体波谱（包括毫米...     

动态核极化核磁共振波谱学

正在发展的固体高分辨动态核极化（ＤＮＰ）技术是核磁共振波谱学中一个崭新的分支．ＤＮＰ是一种电子－核的双共振技术，它利用未配对电子与核的相互作用，在强磁场下用微波激发自由电子跃迁，使相关核的自旋能级分布发生极化，不仅大大增强了核磁共振方法的灵敏度，还提供了微观电子结构的宝贵信息，具有相当重要的理论研究及实际应用价值．目前，ＤＮＰ方法的应用日益广泛，已成为核磁共振波谱学中一种重要的手段．     

Theoretical treatment of pulsed Overhauser dynamic nuclear polarization: Consideration of a general periodic pulse sequence

A general theoretical approach to pulsed Overhauser-type dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) is presented. Dynamic nuclear polarization is a powerful method to create non-thermal polarization of nuclear spins, thereby enhancing their nuclear magnetic resonance signals. The theory presented can treat pulsed microwave irradiation of electron paramagnetic resonance transitions for periodic pulse sequences of general composition. Dynamic nuclear polarization enhancement is analyzed in detail as a function of the microwave pulse length for rectangular pulses and pulses with finite rise time. Characteristic oscillations of the DNP enhancement are found when the pulse-length is stepwise increased, originating from coherent motion of the electron spins driven by the pulses. Experimental low-field DNP data are in very good agreement with this theoretical approach.     

Low-Field, Time-Resolved Dynamic Nuclear Polarization with Field Cycling and High-Resolution NMR Detection

Dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) effects in aqueous solutions of stable 4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl (TEMPOL) radicals were studied in a pulsed mode of pumping the electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) transitions. Our fast field cycling setup allowed us to perform the EPR pumping at low magnetic fields and to detect the enhanced nuclear magnetic resonance signals at 7 T with high spectral resolution. Pumping was performed at two different frequencies, 300 MHz and 1.4 GHz, corresponding to magnetic fields around 10 and 48.6 mT, respectively. For both frequencies, the DNP enhancements were close to the limiting theoretical values of ?110 (¹⁴N TEMPOL) and ?165 (¹⁵N TEMPOL). Our pulsed experiments exploit coherent motion of the electronic spins in the radio-frequency field as seen by an oscillatory component in the dependence of the DNP effect on the radio-frequency pulse duration. The DNP enhancement was studied in detail as a function of the pulse length, duty cycle, delay between the pulses, and applied power. The analysis of the results shows that pulsed DNP experiments provide an opportunity to achieve enhancements of about ?110 with relatively low applied power as compared to the standard continuous-wave DNP experiments. An adequate theoretical approach to the problem under study is suggested.     

Spin-labeled gel for the production of radical-free dynamic nuclear polarization enhanced molecules for NMR spectroscopy and imaging

Dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) has recently received much attention as a viable approach to enhance the sensitivity of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and the contrast of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), where the significantly higher electron spin polarization of stable radicals is transferred to nuclear spins. In order to apply DNP-enhanced NMR and MRI signal to biological and in vivo systems, it is crucial to obtain highly polarized solution samples at ambient temperatures. As stable radicals are employed as the source for the DNP polarization transfer, it is also crucial that the highly polarized sample lacks residual radical concentration because the polarized molecules will be introduced to a biological system that will be sensitive to the presence of radicals. We developed an agarose-based porous media that is covalently spin-labeled with stable radicals. The loading of solvent accessible radical is sufficiently high and their mobility approximates that in solution, which ensures high efficiency for Overhauser mechanism induced DNP without physically releasing any measurable radical into the solution. Under ambient conditions at 0.35 T magnetic field, we measure the DNP enhancement efficiency of (1)H signal of stagnant and continuously flowing water utilizing immobilized stable nitroxide radicals that contain two or three ESR hyperfine splitting lines and compare them to the performance of freely dissolved radicals.     

Overhauser DNP and EPR in a Mobile Setup: Influence of Magnetic Field Inhomogeneity

Power-dependent Overhauser dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) enhancements and continuous-wave electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectra of nitroxide radicals were measured in the magnetic field of a mobile Halbach-array permanent magnet and compared with results from a commercially available electromagnet. DNP saturation factors for varying microwave power were obtained from both measurement series and used to investigate how the increased magnetic field inhomogeneity present in the Halbach magnet affects the saturation efficiency. An EPR detection system was designed to allow continuous-wave EPR measurements at microwave power up to 20?W. Our results show that despite the lower magnetic field homogeneity, a Halbach-array magnet can be used for EPR and DNP-enhanced nuclear magnetic resonance of high quality providing almost the same performance as a more homogeneous electromagnet.     

The theory of nuclear orientation via electron spin locking (NOVEL)

Nuclear orientation via electron spin locking (NOVEL) is a technique to orient nuclear spins embedded in a solid. Like other methods of dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) it employs a small amount of unpaired electron spins and uses a microwave field to transfer the polarization of these unpaired electron spins to the nuclear spins. Traditional DNP uses CW microwave fields, but NOVEL uses pulsed electron spin resonance (ESR) techniques: a 90 degree pulse–90 degree phase shift–locking pulse sequence is applied and during the locking pulse the polarization transfer is assured by satisfying the Hartmann–Hahn condition. The transfer is coherent and similar to coherence transfer between nuclear spins. However, NOVEL requires an extension of the existing theory to many, inequivalent nuclear spins and to arbitrary, i.e. high electron and nuclear spin polarization. In this paper both extensions are presented. The theory is applied to the system naphthalene doped with pentacene, where the proton spins are polarized using the photo-excited triplet states of the pentacene molecules and found to show excellent agreement with the experimentally observed evolution of the polarization transfer during the locking pulse.     

The Low-Field Pulsed Mode Dynamic Nuclear Polarization in the Pentavalent Chromium Complex and Crude Oils

Measurements of the enhancement of the proton resonance signal right after applying the radiofrequency pulse with the variable duration in the magnetic field of about 100 Gauss on the homebuilt prototype of the dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) spectrometer at near room temperature are presented. A dependence of the DNP enhancement of the solvent protons of the solution of the pentavalent chromium complex in ethylene glycol on the pumping pulse duration and incident pumping power is given. No DNP effect on the native protons of the crude oils and natural bitumen from the Russian oilfields is observed. A miserable DNP enhancement is registered on the protons of toluene by dissolving the crude oil and bitumen samples. The perspectives of using the results and technical solutions for geological exploration, studies of the asphaltene structures and their dynamics are discussed.     

Simultaneous acquisition of pulse EPR orientation selective spectra

High resolution pulse EPR methods are usually applied to resolve weak magnetic electron-nuclear or electron-electron interactions that are otherwise unresolved in the EPR spectrum. Complete information regarding different magnetic interactions, namely, principal components and orientation of principal axis system with respect to the molecular frame, can be derived from orientation selective pulsed EPR measurements that are performed at different magnetic field positions within the inhomogeneously broadened EPR spectrum. These experiments are usually carried out consecutively, namely a particular field position is chosen, data are accumulated until the signal to noise ratio is satisfactory, and then the next field position is chosen and data are accumulated. Here we present a new approach for data acquisition of pulsed EPR experiments referred to as parallel acquisition. It is applicable when the spectral width is much broader than the excitation bandwidth of the applied pulse sequence and it is particularly useful for orientation selective pulse EPR experiments. In this approach several pulse EPR measurements are performed within the waiting (repetition) time between consecutive pulse sequences during which spin lattice relaxation takes place. This is achieved by rapidly changing the main magnetic field, B(0), to different values within the EPR spectrum, performing the same experiment on the otherwise idle spins. This scheme represents an efficient utilization of the spectrometer and provides the same spectral information in a shorter time. This approach is demonstrated on W-band orientation selective electron-nuclear double resonance (ENDOR), electron spin echo envelope modulation (ESEEM), electron-electron double resonance (ELDOR)--detected NMR and double electron-electron resonance (DEER) measurements on frozen solutions of nitroxides. We show that a factors of 3-6 reduction in total acquisition time can be obtained, depending on the experiment applied.     

基于FPGA与DDS的磁共振成像射频脉冲发生器

设计了一种基于现场可编程门阵列(FPGA)与直接数字频率合成(DDS)的磁共振成像(MRI)射频脉冲发生器,采用FPGA实现DDS,并内置软脉冲波形双端口随机存取存储器(RAM)、乘法器以及相关的控制逻辑.实现了较高的技术指标,其中频率、相位与幅度分辨率分别为32 bits、16 bits与16 bits,软脉冲波形的时间精度可达0.1?s.FPGA提供了一个可编程的接口,便于序列控制器对其进行控制,以输出射频脉冲.MRI实验结果证明了该设计的可行性.     

基于双参考源的数字磁共振控制台相位相干技术

本文提出了一种在数字磁共振控制台中保证发射机与接收机之间相位相干的方法.该方法通过可编程数字逻辑在发射机与接收机中各设计了一个同频的数字参考源,脉冲序列执行过程中,当发射机或接收机由于进行了频率切换而失去相位相干性时,通过重新设置它们的相位以确保它们与各自的参考源同步,从而恢复两者之间的相位相干性.经过水膜成像实验验证,该方法具有良好的成像效果,且既不需要额外的硬件电路,也不增加序列设计的复杂度,具有很高的实用性.