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Main Authors: Peters, Josh P., Teleanu, Florin, Zou, Huijing, Rasool, Ehtisham, Hövener, Jan-Bernd, Jerschow, Alexej, Pravdivtsev, Andrey N.
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.23244
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author Peters, Josh P.
Teleanu, Florin
Zou, Huijing
Rasool, Ehtisham
Hövener, Jan-Bernd
Jerschow, Alexej
Pravdivtsev, Andrey N.
author_facet Peters, Josh P.
Teleanu, Florin
Zou, Huijing
Rasool, Ehtisham
Hövener, Jan-Bernd
Jerschow, Alexej
Pravdivtsev, Andrey N.
contents [1-13C]pyruvate is the most widely used tracer for hyperpolarized metabolic magnetic resonance imaging, with profound applications in tumor and inflammation diagnosis as well as treatment monitoring. The most fundamental hurdle to broader application, however, remains the rapid polarization relaxation and the associated signal loss. Here, we report a method to address this challenge. Studying the nuclear spin relaxation dispersion of [1-13C]pyruvate across magnetic fields from 8 μT to 9.4 T, as a function of additives, solvents, and preparation methods, allowed us to achieve relaxation times of up to four minutes. Such a long time could enable reliable quality control and nearly polarization loss-free transport, further boosting the power of hyperpolarized metabolic MRI.
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spellingShingle Over four minutes relaxation of pyruvate using chemically and physically induced deceleration of relaxation
Peters, Josh P.
Teleanu, Florin
Zou, Huijing
Rasool, Ehtisham
Hövener, Jan-Bernd
Jerschow, Alexej
Pravdivtsev, Andrey N.
Chemical Physics
Medical Physics
[1-13C]pyruvate is the most widely used tracer for hyperpolarized metabolic magnetic resonance imaging, with profound applications in tumor and inflammation diagnosis as well as treatment monitoring. The most fundamental hurdle to broader application, however, remains the rapid polarization relaxation and the associated signal loss. Here, we report a method to address this challenge. Studying the nuclear spin relaxation dispersion of [1-13C]pyruvate across magnetic fields from 8 μT to 9.4 T, as a function of additives, solvents, and preparation methods, allowed us to achieve relaxation times of up to four minutes. Such a long time could enable reliable quality control and nearly polarization loss-free transport, further boosting the power of hyperpolarized metabolic MRI.
title Over four minutes relaxation of pyruvate using chemically and physically induced deceleration of relaxation
topic Chemical Physics
Medical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.23244