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The body temperature inside a living organism can be determined by measuring the 1HNMR chemical shifts of the paramagnetic praseodymium chelate complex 1. The complex is very stable and well-tolerated. In a first in vivo application the temperature inside the liver of a living rat was determined with an accuracy better than 0.5 K.
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Roth et al. (1996) studied this question.
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