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Hyperpolarized Multi-Metal 13C‑Sensors for Magnetic Resonance Imaging
journal contribution
posted on 2016-10-21, 00:00 authored by Anurag Mishra, Giorgio Pariani, Thomas Oerther, Markus Schwaiger, Gil G. WestmeyerWe introduce hyperpolarizable 13C-labeled probes that identify multiple biologically important
divalent metals via metal-specific chemical shifts. These features
enable NMR measurements of calcium concentrations in human serum in
the presence of magnesium. In addition, signal enhancement through
dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) increases the sensitivity of metal
detection to afford measuring micromolar concentrations of calcium
as well as simultaneous multi-metal detection by chemical shift imaging.
The hyperpolarizable 13C-MRI sensors presented here enable
sensitive NMR measurements and MR imaging of multiple divalent metals
in opaque biological samples.