A CMOS NMR needle for probing brain physiology with high spatial and temporal resolution.

Handwerker, Jonas; Pérez-Rodas, Marlon; Beyerlein, Michael; Vincent, Franck; Beck, Armin; Freytag, Nicolas; Yu, Xin; Pohmann, Rolf et al. · Nat Methods · 2020

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy are versatile methods for probing brain physiology, but their intrinsically low sensitivity limits the achievable spatial and temporal resolution. Here, we introduce a monolithically integrated NMR-on-a-chip needle that combines an ultra-sensitive 300 µm NMR coil with a complete NMR transceiver, enabling in vivo measurements of blood oxygenation and flow in nanoliter volumes at a sampling rate of 200 Hz.

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