image: 13C coil setup and the schematic steps for the delivery of hyperpolarized [1-13C]pyruvate. (A to C) 13C transmit coil (A) and endorectal 1H/13C receiver coil (B) used for acquiring data. The location of the coils is outlined on (A) and (B), with the layers inside the endorectal coil being seen in (C). The dimensions of the elements in the endorectal coil were 4 inches × 1 inches, with the total length of the coil being 12 inches. (D) Steps involved in transferring the hyperpolarized agent from the polarizer to the patient, and mean times required for each of them. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the August 14, 2013, issue of Science Translational Medicine, published by AAAS. The paper, by S.J. Nelson at the University of California, San Francisco in San Francisco, Calif., and colleagues was titled, "Metabolic Imaging of Patients with Prostate Cancer Using Hyperpolarized [1-13C]Pyruvate." view more
Credit: Image courtesy of <i>Science Translational Medicine</i>/AAAS