Current methods for the production of hyperpolarized 13C-tracers require a dedicated, complex and costly polarizer device. Here we present, for the first time, 13C-hyperpolarization >20% and ex-vivo 13C-MRI without an external polarizer, but by using the hardware of an MRI system instead: a simple, low-cost (≈1000€) setup was built and high-field spin-order-transfer sequences were exploited to transfer the spin-order of parahydrogen to 13C;the implementation on any multinuclear MRI system appears feasible. The tracer is produced near the application site and subsequent 13C-MRI is possible without transfer of the sample, at a fraction of the cost and complexity of external polarizers.
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