Chinese Journal of Magnetic Resonance ›› 2016, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (1): 44-53.doi: 10.11938/cjmr20160104

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A TM110 Dynamic Nuclear Polarization Probe: Design and Applications

TAO Quan1,2, HE Yu-gui1,3, WANG Chao1,2, FENG Ji-wen1, CHEN Fang1, LIU Chao-yang1   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan (Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Wuhan 430071, China;
    2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;
    3. Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
  • Received:2015-05-06 Revised:2016-01-23 Online:2016-03-05 Published:2016-03-05

Abstract:

A cylindrical cavity working in TM110 mode at the X-band frequencies was designed and manufactured for dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) systems. The dimensions of the cavity were theoretically calculated, and then optimized with the software Ansoft-HFSS. The fabricated probe was tested experimentally on a homebuilt DNP system. With the probe,1H NMR signal was acquired with more than 50-folds of sensitivity enhancement; and a clear DNP-enhanced image was obtained.

Key words: probe, dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP), MRI, TM110, cavity

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