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Practical conditions and limitations for high-spatial-resolution multisite EPR oximetry

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We have previously reported a high-spatial-resolution multisite electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) oximetry method that is based on consecutive applications of magnetic field gradients with the same direction but different magnitudes. This method that could be called also two-gradient convolution EPR oximetry has no restrictions for the shape of solid paramagnetic materials implanted in tissue and is applicable for any particulate EPR oxygen-sensitive matieral with a Lorentzian line shape. To enhance the utilization of this method, a previously described algorithm was used to develop user-friendly Windows-based software. Practical conditions of application of the method were established using several different model systems. It has been shown that the spectral overlap from the adjacent sites can be neglected if the splitting between the corresponding lines exceeds the largest line width by at least a factor of 1.3. An additional requirement of the method is that the second field gradient should exceed by at least 30% the value of the first gradient. It was confirmed that the error in line width determination at L-band is proportional to the noise-to-signal ratio, and does not exceed 1% a noise-to-signal ratio of 0.1 in a typical in vivo experiment. We demonstrate that the line widths of up to 10 different sites can be determined.

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  1. eCentricus Consulting, Huntersville, North Carolina, USA

    V. O. Grinberg

  2. Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

    A. I. Smirnov

  3. EPR Center for the Study of Viable Systems, Department of Radiology, Dartmouth Medical School, H.B. 7785, Vail Building, Room 703, 03755, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA

    O. Y. Grinberg, S. A. Grinberg, J. A. O’Hara & H. M. Swartz

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Grinberg, V.O., Smirnov, A.I., Grinberg, O.Y. et al. Practical conditions and limitations for high-spatial-resolution multisite EPR oximetry. Appl. Magn. Reson. 28, 69–78 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03166994

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