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In the Laboratory
Using an NMR Spectrometer To Do Magnetic Resonance Imaging
An Undergraduate Physical Chemistry Laboratory Experiment
Wayne E. Steinmetz and M. Cyrus Maher
Department of Chemistry, Pomona College, Claremont, CA 91711
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November 2007
Vol. 84 No. 11
p. 1830

Abstract
A conventional Fourier-transform NMR spectrometer with a triple-axis gradient probe can function as a MRI imager. In this experiment students gain hands-on experience with MRI while they learn about important principles underlying the practice of NMR, such as gradients, multi-dimensional spectroscopy, and relaxation. Students image a biological specimen that fits in a 5-mm NMR tube with the multi-slice-multi-echo (MSME) method and measure the transverse relaxation time, T2, of water in selected regions of interest.
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Steinmetz, Wayne E.; Maher, M. Cyrus. J. Chem. Educ. 2007, 84, 1830.
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Keywords
Biophysical Chemistry; Hands-On Learning / Manipulatives; Laboratory Instruction; NMR Spectroscopy; Physical Chemistry; Upper-Division Undergraduate
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