Patent ID: 7550970
Filing Date: 2009-06-23
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
1. A method of performing two-dimensional Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy on a hyperpolarized sample, which method comprises the steps of: hyperpolarizing a sample which comprises a first nuclear species (I) and a second nuclear species (S), with the Hamiltonian H=H performing two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy on the sample and thereby producing at least two NMR spectra with the use of a sequence of rf-pulses, wherein the sequence of rf-pulses comprises at least two rf-pulses on the same nuclei, and wherein the pulse sequence is adapted for a hyperpolarized sample in such a way that it uses a single scan, an efficient trajectory in a t analyzing the at least two NMR spectra in order to obtain a characterization of the sample.