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Abstract #1168

Detection of Changes in Quadrupolar Peaks by FFC-MRI in Skeletal Muscle

Lionel M. Broche1, Henning Wackerhage2, David J. Lurie1

1ABIC, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom; 2School of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom


Field-cycling MRI is a novel technique that involves changing the main magnetic field in an MRI scanner during the pulse sequence. Among others, it allows the measurement of interactions between water protons and 14N quadrupolar moments from proteins in tissues in vivo.