Improved signal to noise in high-resolution magic angle spinning total correlation spectroscopy studies of prostate tissues using rotor-synchronized adiabatic pulses

Andrew S. Zektzer, Mark G. Swanson, Samson Jarso, Sarah J. Nelson, Daniel B. Vigneron, John Kurhanewicz

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Abstract

A rotor-synchronized WURST-8 adiabatic pulse scheme was compared to the conventional MLEV-17 hard pulse scheme for isotropic mixing in total correlation spectroscopy (TOCSY) studies of intact human prostate tissues under high-resolution magic angle spinning (HR-MAS) conditions. Both mixing schemes were extremely sensitive to the rotational resonance condition and dramatic reductions in signal to noise were observed when pulse durations deviated from 1/(spin rate). A significant increase in cross-peak intensities was observed using rotor-synchronized WURST-8 adiabatic pulses versus those observed using the rotor-synchronized MLEV-17 hard pulse scheme in both solution and tissue. In tissue, absolute signal intensities ranged from 1.5x to 10.5x greater (average: 4.75x) when WURST-8 was used in place of MLEV-17. Moreover, the difference was so dramatic that several metabolite cross peaks observed using WURST-8 pulses were not observed using MLEV-17 pulses, including cross peaks corresponding to many of the choline- and ethanolamine-containing metabolites. Due to the complex modulation of TOCSY cross peaks for multiply coupled spins and the shorter T2 relaxation times of tissue metabolites, maximum cross-peak intensities occurred at shorter mixing times than predicted by theory. In summary, a WURST-8 adiabatic mixing scheme produced significantly greater absolute cross-peak signal intensities than MLEV-17 hard pulse mixing, and maximum cross-peak intensity versus mixing time must be established for specific spin systems and T2 relaxation times.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)41-48
Number of pages8
JournalMagnetic resonance in medicine
Volume53
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2005
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • High-resolution magic angle spinning (HR-MAS)
  • Mixing time
  • Prostate cancer tissue
  • Rotor-synchronized adiabatic pulses
  • Total correlation spectroscopy (TOCSY)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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