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Ex vivo continuous Overhauser nuclear dynamic polarization in a SQUID-based ultralow-field magnetic resonance imaging system
{Overhauser Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (ODNP) is a hyperpolarization method for magnetic resonance measurements. The polarization of free radicals is transferred to 1H using HF pulses, thus enhancing the 1H signal. Only at UltraLow Fields (ULF) below 10 mT the corresponding HF pulse frequencies are low enough to penetrate large sample volumes, making continuous in vivo hyperpolarization possible. Since conventional Faraday coils are not sensitive enough at ULF, a SQUID-based detector is employed as the centerpiece of the ULF-MRI Scanner. With a superconducting second order gradiometric pickup coil the SQUID enables measurements with a sensitivity below 1 fT/$\surd$Hz. First proof-of-principle ex vivo images using ODNP enhanced, SQUID based ULF-MRI have been acquired successfully. This is an important step in the direction of a combined ULF MRI and magnetoencephalography system.}
@misc{FehlingBPRKKSB2018, title = {{Ex vivo continuous Overhauser nuclear dynamic polarization in a SQUID-based ultralow-field magnetic resonance imaging system}}, booktitle = {{82. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft und DPG-Fr\"uhjahrstagung}}, abstract = {{Overhauser Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (ODNP) is a hyperpolarization method for magnetic resonance measurements. The polarization of free radicals is transferred to 1H using HF pulses, thus enhancing the 1H signal. Only at UltraLow Fields (ULF) below 10 mT the corresponding HF pulse frequencies are low enough to penetrate large sample volumes, making continuous in vivo hyperpolarization possible. Since conventional Faraday coils are not sensitive enough at ULF, a SQUID-based detector is employed as the centerpiece of the ULF-MRI Scanner. With a superconducting second order gradiometric pickup coil the SQUID enables measurements with a sensitivity below 1 fT/$\surd$Hz. First proof-of-principle ex vivo images using ODNP enhanced, SQUID based ULF-MRI have been acquired successfully. This is an important step in the direction of a combined ULF MRI and magnetoencephalography system.}}, pages = {96}, year = {2018}, slug = {fehlingbprkksb2018}, author = {Fehling, P and Bernard, R and Pohmann, R and Rudolph, M and Koelle, D and Kleiner, R and Scheffler, K and Buckenmaier, K} }