@article {256, title = {Relaxivity of Gadolinium Complexes Detected by Atomic Magnetometry}, journal = {Magnetic Resonance in Medicine}, volume = {66}, year = {2011}, note = {Magn Reson Med799AVTimes Cited:1Cited References Count:23}, month = {Aug}, pages = {605-608}, abstract = {

Laser atomic magnetomeby is a portable and low-cost yet highly sensitive method for low magnetic field detection. In this work, the atomic magnetometer was used in a remote-detection geometry to measure the relaxivity of aqueous gadolinium-diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid Gd(DTPA) at the Earth\&$\#$39;s magnetic field (40 mu T). The measured relaxivity of 9.7 +/- 2.0 s(-1) mM(-1) is consistent with field-cycling experiments measured at slightly higher magnetic fields, but no cryogens or strong and homogeneous magnetic field were required for this experiment. The field-independent sensitivity of 80 fT Hz(-1/2) allowed an in vitro detection limit of similar to 10 mu M Gd(DTPA) to be measured in aqueous buffer solution. The low detection limit and enhanced relaxivity of Gd-containing complexes at Earth\&$\#$39;s field motivate continued development of atomic magnetometry toward medical applications. Magn Reson Med 66:605-608, 2011. (C) 2011 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

}, keywords = {nmr}, isbn = {0740-3194}, doi = {Doi 10.1002/Mrm.22811}, url = {://WOS:000293256800033}, author = {Michalak, D. J. and Xu, S. J. and Lowery, T. J. and Crawford, C. W. and Ledbetter, M. and Bouchard, L. S. and Wemmer, D. E. and Budker, D. and Pines, A.} } @article {263, title = {A Xenon-Based Molecular Sensor Assembled on an MS2 Viral Capsid Scaffold}, journal = {Journal of the American Chemical Society}, volume = {132}, year = {2010}, note = {J Am Chem Soc589OATimes Cited:20Cited References Count:23}, month = {May 5}, pages = {5936-+}, abstract = {

In MRI, anatomical structures are most often differentiated by variations in their bulk magnetic properties. Alternatively, exogenous contrast agents can be attached to chemical moieties that confer affinity to molecular targets; the distribution of such contrast agents can be imaged by magnetic resonance. Xenon-based molecular sensors are molecular imaging agents that rely on the reversible exchange of hyperpolarized xenon between the bulk and a specifically targeted host-guest complex. We have incorporated similar to 125 xenon sensor molecules in the interior of an MS2 viral capsid, conferring multivalency and other properties of the viral capsid to the sensor molecule. The resulting signal amplification facilitates the detection of sensor at 0.7 pM, the lowest to date for any molecular imaging agent used in magnetic resonance. This amplification promises the detection of chemical targets at much lower concentrations than would be possible without the capsid scaffold.

}, keywords = {nmr}, isbn = {0002-7863}, doi = {Doi 10.1021/Ja100319f}, url = {://WOS:000277158500007}, author = {Meldrum, T. and Seim, K. L. and Bajaj, V. S. and Palaniappan, K. K. and Wu, W. and Francis, M. B. and Wemmer, D. E. and Pines, A.} } @article {428, title = {Application of rotational resonance to inhomogeneously broadened systems}, journal = {Chemical Physics Letters}, volume = {251}, year = {1996}, note = {Chem Phys LettUd924Times Cited:17Cited References Count:28}, month = {Mar 22}, pages = {223-229}, abstract = {

A protocol is presented for the determination of internuclear distances using rotational-resonance magnetization-exchange NMR in systems with inhomogeneously broadened lines. Non-linear least-square fitting procedures are used to obtain the distance, the inhomogeneous broadening, the zero-quantum relaxation time, and error estimates for these parameters. We apply this procedure to a biological system of unknown structure.

}, keywords = {nmr}, isbn = {0009-2614}, doi = {Doi 10.1016/0009-2614(96)00098-X}, url = {://WOS:A1996UD92400015}, author = {Heller, J. and Larsen, R. and Ernst, M. and Kolbert, A. C. and Baldwin, M. and Prusiner, S. B. and Wemmer, D. E. and Pines, A.} }