Patent ID: 9714995
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: G01R

Claim:
1. A method for performing magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging comprising: a) providing a magnetic resonance device including (i) a main magnet for providing a background magnetic field along a first direction, (ii) at least one radio-frequency (RF) coil, and (iii) at least one gradient coil that can be controlled to define a region of interest; b) positioning a supplemental spin reservoir within a field of view of the at least one RF coil, the supplemental spin reservoir (SSR) including a plurality of molecules, the plurality of molecules including a set of nuclei of interest; c) administering a beneficial agent that in turn includes a plurality of MRI active nuclei to a sample or subject; d) introducing the sample or subject to be studied into the region of interest; e) introducing RF pulses into the sample or subject and the SSR; and f) adjusting at least one of (i) the circuitry of the at least one RF coil, and (ii) the contents of the SSR in order to induce electromagnetic feedback between the at least one RF coil and nuclear magnetization of the set of nuclei of interest disposed in the SSR to cause the vector direction of the nuclear magnetization of the set of nuclei of interest and the plurality of MRI active nuclei to change.