title: Sub-second proton imaging of 13C hyperpolarized contrast agents in water.
abstract: Indirect proton detection of (13)C hyperpolarized contrast agents potentially enables greater sensitivity. Presented here is a study of sub-second projection imaging of hyperpolarized (13)C contrast agent addressing the obstacle posed by water suppression for indirect detection in vivo. Sodium acetate phantoms were used to develop and test water suppression and sub-second imaging with frequency-selective RF pulses using spectroscopic and imaging indirect proton detection. A 9.8 mm aqueous solution of (13)C PHIP hyperpolarized 2-hydroxyethyl-(13)C-propionate-d2,3,3 (HEP), <P> ~25% was used for demonstration of indirect proton sub-second imaging detection. Balanced 2D FSSFP (fast steady-state free precession) allowed the recording of proton images with a field of view of 64 × 64 mm(2) and spatial resolution 2 × 2 mm(2) with total acquisition time of less than 0.2 s. In thermally polarized sodium 1-(13)C-acetate, (13) C to (1)H polarization transfer efficiency of 45.1% of the theoretically predicted values was observed in imaging detection corresponding to an 11-fold overall sensitivity improvement compared with direct (13)C FSSFP imaging. (13)C to (1)H polarization transfer efficiency of 27% was observed in imaging detection, corresponding to a 3.25-fold sensitivity improvement compared with direct (13)C FSSFP imaging with hyperpolarized HEP. The range of potential applications and limitations of this sub-second and ultra-sensitive imaging approach are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA.
authors.forename: Milton L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Truong
authors.forename: Aaron M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Coffey
authors.forename: Roman V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Shchepin
authors.forename: Kevin W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Waddell
authors.forename: Eduard Y
authors.initials: EY
authors.lastname: Chekmenev
mesh_terms: D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes / Q000737:chemistry; D003287:Contrast Media / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D011522:Protons; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D003287:Contrast Media; D011522:Protons; D014867:Water
keywords: 13C; NMR; PHIP; contrast agent; hyperpolarization; indirect detection; parahydrogen; sub-second imaging
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