1H Solid-State NMR Imaging by TREV-CRAMPS

Abstract

A proton NMR imaging experiment based on line narrowing by TREV-CRAMPS with a time-dependent magnetic field gradient has been demonstrated on a solid adamantane phantom. With the magnetic field gradient applied as 16 μs pulses in the windows of the RF pulse sequence, a spatial resolution of about 100 μm is experimentally achieved (based on linewidth and gradient strength), with a digital resolution of 40 μm, qualitatively similar to what is achieved in liquid-sample NMR imaging. The technique benefits from a favorable time average of the magnetic field gradient, relatively wide windows between the magic-echo sandwiches, and the good off-resonance line-narrowing characteristics of the TREV technique. High-resolution chemical-shift information is retained and hence potentially attainable. The low MAS rate, compared to what is used in imaging experiments in which MAS is the only line-narrowing procedure used, may be of importance if one wishes to apply 1H NMR imaging to certain types of samples, e.g., biological tissue.