1/T1 rho and low-field 1/T1 of tissue water protons arise from magnetization transfer to macromolecular solid-state broadened lines

Magn Reson Med. 1992 Nov;28(1):145-52. doi: 10.1002/mrm.1910280115.

Abstract

We argue that, for solutions of immobilized protein and for tissue, the dependence of 1/T1 of solvent protons on B(0) at low fields and 1/T1 rho on B1 for all B(0) are both manifestations of the same underlying phenomena: magnetization transfer between mobile water protons and solid-state broadened protein proton levels. Broadening causes rapid mixing of spin orientation within the transverse plane, at all B(0), unless B1 is greater than the protein internal field; this affects 1/T1 rho of solvent protons by magnetization transfer. Similarly, decreasing B(0) below the internal field mixes all orientations of magnetization, which affects the solvent proton low-field 1/T1 and high-field 1/T2.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Body Water*
  • Cattle
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy*
  • Mice
  • Protons
  • Serum Albumin, Bovine / metabolism*
  • Spleen / metabolism*

Substances

  • Protons
  • Serum Albumin, Bovine