Patent ID: 9176208
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
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 coil configured to resonate with the Larmor frequency of b) positioning a supplemental spin reservoir within a field of view of the at least one resonant coil, the supplemental spin reservoir (SSR) including a plurality of molecules, at least some of the molecules including c) administering a composition including at least one biomarker or precursor of a biomarker molecule including d) introducing the sample or the subject to be studied into the field of view; e) introducing RF pulses into the sample or subject; f) collecting three dimensional spatial data for a set of nuclei of interest including g) after step (f), inducing feedback between the nuclear magnetization of the set of nuclei of interest and the at least one radio frequency coil to cause the vector direction of the nuclear magnetization of the set of nuclei of interest to rotate to a desired angle.