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The effect of off-resonance preirradiation on proton spectra acquired from the healthy rat brain at 4.7 T is examined using a PRESS sequence. The creatine/phosphocreatine (Cr/PCr) signal at 3.0 ppm decreases in signal intensity for offset frequencies between +/- 10 kHz. This cannot be explained by RF bleedover, but is attributed to magnetization transfer between two pools of Cr/PCr, one with a long T2 relaxation time giving the observed NMR signal, the other corresponding to a broad resonance line being completely or partially saturated by off-resonance preirradiation. Possible interpretations of these results are discussed.
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