Abstract #1786
Frequency Translation for 1 H Decoupled Multichannel 13 C Spectroscopy
Stephen E. Ogier 1 and Steven M. Wright 1,2
1
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas
A&M University, College Station, TX, United States,
2
Biomedical
Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX,
United States
In vivo
NMR
spectroscopy has the potential to provide clinically
useful data, but it has seen limited use due to poor
Signal-to-Noise Ratio. The use of array coils to improve
SNR is well established in MRI and is extremely
attractive for less-sensitive nuclei such as
13
C.
Array receivers on clinical systems are usually
1
H
only, but frequency translation with RF mixers allows us
to adapt
1
H
receivers for use with other nuclei. By careful
selection of the frequency mixed to, we can even perform
1
H
decoupled
13
C
spectroscopy with a frequency translating receiver.
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