31P spectroscopic zeugmatography of phosphorus metabolites

Abstract

A two-dimensional mapping of the ³¹P spin densities of inorganic phosphate, adenosine triphosphate, and creatine phosphate in a test object has been obtained, using the method of reconstruction from projections. The experiments were carried out on a slightly modified commercial spectrometer. The method for obtaining separate zeugmatographic images of different chemically shifted compounds, and the necessary instrument modifications, are presented and the possibility of determining the distribution of phosphorus metabolites in living organs and organisms is discussed.