Methods for correcting static field inhomogeneity effects in NMR imaging.
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A Briguet
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Estimating meconium (fetal feces) concentration in human amniotic fluid by nuclear magnetic resonance.
Measurements are reported of NMR relaxation times (T2) on hydrogen in water of isotonic NaCl solutions and of normal human amniotic fluid in which known concentrations of meconium (fetal feces) were dissolved. Magnetic fields for resonance of 23.5 X 10(3) and 0.6 oersteds were used. From the measured T2 values, reliable estimates of meconium concentrations could be obtained that might be considered estimates of fetal distress. Observed minor variation of T2 values was probably due to the mucopolysaccharides comprising 80% of the meconium weight. Advantages of this technique for possible clinical use in obstetrics include small volume of sample required (0.1 ml), lack of necessity for sample filtration or centrifugation, and shortness of time required for analysis (less than 30 min).
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Improving data acquisition parameters of 31P in vivo spectra for signal analysis in the time domain.
To obtain reliable NMR quantitation, experimental cautions concerning data acquisition must be taken when using automatic predictive calculations. For this study, 2000 31P in vitro and in vivo spectra were processed, using the enhancement procedure with linear prediction using singular value decomposition (EPLPSVD) method, and analyzed. The effects of quadrature detection modes (simultaneous or sequential), of the number of time-domain samples used are investigated and experimental conditions such as sample motions and spectral width are discussed.
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