Patent ID: 6989674

Claim:
A probe useful for slow Magic Angle Spinning Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy, the probe comprising: (a) at least one base member for supporting said probe; (b) a shielding member mounted to said base member; (c) at least one gradient assembly comprising a plurality of gradient coil(s) housed within said shielding member mounted to said base member; (d) an RF circuit assembly comprising at least one R.F. NMR coil(s) mounted to said member; (e) a rotor assembly for spinning a specimen, said assembly disposed so as to be in optimum alignment with said gradient coil(s) and said NMR coil(s); (f) a driving assembly operably connected with said rotor assembly for driving said rotor assembly; (g) a monitoring system comprising a respiratory plethysmograph operably disposed for monitoring respiration and/or respiratory motions of an animal or other living specimen being rotated or subjected to a rotating magnetic field; and (h) wherein said rotor assembly is rotatable about an axis positioned at a magic angle of 54.44° relative to an applied magnetic field Bo, at spin speeds of less than 100 Hz.