U. Eliav et G. Navon, QUADRUPOLE-ECHO TECHNIQUES IN MULTIPLE-QUANTUM-FILTERED NMR-SPECTROSCOPY OF HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS, Journal of magnetic resonance. Series A, 115(2), 1995, pp. 241-253
Multiple-quantum-filtered quadrupole-echo pulse sequences for spin I =
1 and I = 3/2 are suggested. A general condition for obtaining simult
aneously Zeeman and quadrupolar echo is formulated. A theoretical anal
ysis of the various pulse sequences was performed on the basis of seco
nd-order perturbation approximation of the Liouville equation for the
density matrix. The extent of refocusing as a function of the ratio of
the residual quadrupolar interaction and the relaxation rates was cal
culated. Experimental results are presented for H-2 and Na-23 in carti
lage as an example of a heterogeneous system with residual quadrupolar
interaction. The difference between relaxation times measured by the
multiple-quantum-filtered echo techniques and those measured by conven
tional multiple-quantum-filtered NMR spectroscopy is a simple diagnost
ic of anisotropic motion that leads to a residual quadrupolar interact
ion. The results of the echo experiments are compared with the relaxat
ion times computed on the basis of lineshape analysis of double-quantu
m-filtered spectra of a heterogeneous system. (C) 1995 Academic Press,
Inc.