EP3423852A1 - Systeme de spectroscopie rmn - Google Patents
Systeme de spectroscopie rmnInfo
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Definitions
- the present invention relates to the use of a magnetoresistive type sensor for nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) at the local scale.
- Magneto-resistive sensors cover giant magnetoresistance (GMR) and tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) sensors, but the process can be extended to any magneto-resistive magnetic field sensor with both sufficient sensitivity and micron size.
- GMR giant magnetoresistance
- TMR tunnel magnetoresistance
- the main applications of this invention are on the one hand the local spectroscopy of a small volume of fluid confined in a microfluidic channel for example, and on the other hand the realization of local spectroscopy in vivo.
- NMR Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
- GMR effect of giant magnetoresistance and the TMR effect (of the English expression Tunnel Magnetoresistive Effect) are observed in thin metal films composed of layers of ferromagnetic and non-ferromagnetic materials.
- These effects are manifested by a significant variation in the electrical resistance of these structures in the presence of a magnetic field.
- the usual configuration of a magnetoresistance is a spin valve composed of a hard layer (whose magnetization is insensitive to the applied magnetic field) and a free layer (whose magnetization is sensitive to the applied magnetic field). Each of these layers is formed of a plurality of magnetic and non-magnetic layers. The resistance of this system changes according to the angle between the magnetization vector of the hard layer and the magnetization vector of the free layer.
- the two layers are separated by a metal layer and the measurement contacts can be taken on top of all the layers.
- the two layers are separated by an insulating layer and the measurement contacts are taken below and above all the layers.
- a number of groups have attempted to use magnetoresistive sensors to detect NMR signals.
- US2007 / 0222433 discloses a network of sensors of AMR type (of the English expression "Anisotropic Magnetic Resonance") for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (or MRI) either alone or in combination with a conductive loop close to the patent FR2876800 A1. These approaches make it possible to reach millimetric detection resolutions.
- Patent US7432714 proposes the use of GMRs or TMRs for microfluidic channels with a very local excitation but does not propose a solution for working on fairly strong fields.
- US2010 / 0264917 circumvents the strong field problem by using a remote prepolarization magnet. This solution which makes it possible to keep the sensitivity of the sensor does not make it possible to carry out high resolution spectroscopy with the measurement field being weak. Obiet and succinct description of the invention
- the object of the invention is to propose an alternative approach to existing solutions and which makes it possible to measure an NMR signal by working in a very strong field and keeping a detection sensitivity sufficient to be able to perform local spectroscopy with good resolution. Space.
- an NMR spectroscopy system for the study of at least one region of a sample to be analyzed, said system comprising:
- a magneto-resistive transducer with superimposed planar layers receiving a response signal from said sample
- An excitation coil configured to generate a uniform variable magnetic field Hi throughout said area of interest at a resonant frequency fi configured to excite the sample; said system being characterized in that
- the field H 0 is substantially perpendicular to the planar layers of the transducer
- the system further comprises:
- adjustment means adapted to ensure the orthogonality between the field H 0 and the planar layers of the transducer, said adjustment means being arranged to modify the inclination of the transducer and / or the direction of the field H 0 ; o of the signal detecting means to frequency fc - fi, fi - fi + f c or f c, said signals being coherent and in phase with the signal at the supply frequency f c and the resonant frequency signal fi.
- magneto-resistive transducer is meant a device of the GMR or TMR type.
- AC means at a supply frequency f c the signal which supplies the magneto-resistive transducer.
- resonant frequency fi is meant a resonance frequency of the atomic nuclei present in the sample. More precisely, the frequency fi is the Larmor frequency of the atomic nuclei placed in the field H 0 . This frequency is related to the energy required for the inversion of spins of the atomic nuclei oriented by the H 0 field and it is characteristic of both the chemical species that form the sample and the applied field.
- the frequency of Larmor is for example 42.578MHz for hydrogen in a field of 1 Tesla.
- the fi and f c signals are generated so as to be coherent and in phase with each other. This is necessary so that the sum signal (fi + f c) and difference (f c -fi, fi-f c) are well defined and detectable when measuring.
- the approach proposed by the invention is based on magneto-resistive sensors based on spin electronics with a configuration that allows to keep a high sensitivity in the presence of a strong external magnetic field and allows by mixing frequencies in situ to have a purely local measure.
- a spectroscopy method today requires a resolution of 0.2ppm of the main field, that is to say taking into account the natural linewidth of the signals which is 1Hz in microfluidic channels and of 10Hz in in vivo configurations for the hydrogen signal, working frequencies of 5MHz minimum in channels and 50MHzin vivo. This corresponds to magnetic fields between 0.1 and 1.1 Tesla.
- the system detects the signals with a sum frequency
- the invention succeeds in circumventing this saturation problem by applying the ambient field in a plane perfectly perpendicular to the plane of the GMR, thanks to the use of adjustment means adapted to ensure the orthogonality between the field H 0 and the planar layers. of the transducer.
- the accuracy of the perpendicularity must be such that the residual component of the field in the plane is less than the planar saturation of the GMR.
- this value is typically of the order of 1mT.
- GMRs sensors formed of fine and well compensated magnetic layers are essential to maintain sufficient planar sensitivity at 1 Tesla.
- the invention uses means for adjusting the position and / or the inclination of the magnetoresistive transducer and / or the direction of the field H 0 to ensure the orthogonality between the field H0 and the plane of the layers of the transducer.
- This configuration found by the inventors makes it possible to keep the sensitivity of the GMR in the plane and is therefore able to detect a signal created by the nuclei to be detected.
- a degraded sensitivity still exists for an angular difference of up to ⁇ 1 degree relative to the perpendicular, but beyond this value, its exploitation is no longer of interest.
- the size of the magneto-resistive transducer is chosen as a function of the size of the region of interest of the sample to be analyzed so as to perform local NMR spectroscopy.
- the GMR or TMR will have a sensitivity independent of the frequency and the size of the object.
- the signal created by ⁇ 3 measured at ⁇ is identical to the signal created by 1mm 3 measured at 1mm.
- the system according to the invention may also have one or more of the following characteristics, considered individually or in any technically possible combination:
- the dimension of the magneto-resistive transducer is chosen as a function of the size of the region of interest of the sample to be analyzed; said adjusting means is further arranged to change the position of the transducer;
- the superimposed planar layer transducer is a GMR giant magnetoresistance element or TMR tunnel magnetoresistance element;
- the adjustment means for ensuring the orthogonality between the field H 0 and the planar layers of the transducer comprise at least one test coil generating a magnetic field H T , said field H T being perpendicular to both the field H 0 and the field Hi;
- the adjustment means for ensuring the orthogonality between the field H 0 and the planar layers of the transducer comprise micrometric adjustment systems of the position and inclination of the transducer and the direction of the field H 0 .
- the sample to be analyzed consists of biological tissues of an animal or a subject and the transducer is made on a needle-shaped support;
- the sample to be analyzed is constituted by a liquid disposed in a microfluidic channel and in that the transducer is formed as a set of individual sensors arranged above or below the microfluidic channel over the entire width of this microfluidic channel, the planar dimensions of the set of individual sensors being substantially equal to the planar dimensions of the microfluidic channel;
- the system according to the invention comprises a shielded enclosure in which are placed the global excitation coil, the sample to be analyzed and the transducer, and in that it comprises a permanent magnet, electromagnet coils or a magnet. superconducting magnet placed outside the shielded enclosure to create said permanent ambient magnetic field Ho;
- the magneto-resistive sensitive transducer has a shape of C or meander and is connected to both contacts.
- the present application also relates to a method of implementing the NMR spectroscopy system, said method comprising the following steps:
- test coil generating a field H T , said field H T being perpendicular to both H 0 and Hi;
- signal detection frequency fc - fi, fi - f c or f c + fi said signal being coherent and in phase with the signal at the supply frequency f c and the signal at the resonance frequency fi.
- Figure 1 is a schematic sectional view showing by way of example the constituent elements of a magneto-resistive sensor of GMR or TMR spin valve type;
- FIG. 2 is a view of the shape of a magneto-resistive sensor of the GMR type which makes it possible to obtain a homogeneous measurement on a given volume with a good sensitivity while having a good immunity to an intense field and perpendicular to the plane of the layers ;
- Figure 3 shows a typical response curve of a type sensor GMR, such as for example that of Figure 1 in the presence of a longitudinal bias field;
- Figures 4A and 4B are schematic views of the configurations of a device respectively in the case of measurement on a microfluidic channel and in the case of in vivo measurement;
- Figure 5 is a schematic view of a possible particular embodiment of a complete configuration in which the field generation means H 0 are not shown because obvious to those skilled in the art or included in an NMR spectrometer; only the direction 104 of this field is shown.
- FIG. 6 is a curve giving the intensity of the signal measured as a function of the magnetic field applied in the case of an optimized GMR sensor
- the superimposed planar layer transducer or sensor used in the present invention is a giant magnetoresistance (GMR) or tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) element.
- GMR giant magnetoresistance
- TMR tunnel magnetoresistance
- FIG. 1 shows an exemplary representation of a thin film assembly which constitutes a magneto-resistive sensor 10 of the GMR type having the structure of a spin valve.
- Such a spin valve typically contains a hard or blocked layer 22, that is to say a layer insensitive to the external magnetic field, and a soft or free layer 21, very sensitive to the magnetic field, that is to say say whose magnetization is very easily oriented in an external field applied in the plane of the layer.
- the hard layer 22 may be formed either of an assembly of ferromagnetic layers having a high coercivity, or of a mixture of antiferromagnetic layers, artificial or not, coupled to a ferromagnetic layer.
- the soft layer 21 is made of very soft magnetic materials.
- the magneto-resistive sensor 10 of FIG. 1 may comprise, from the free surface, a protective layer 11 of tantalum, a soft magnetic layer 21 comprising a layer 12 of NiFe and a layer 13 of CoFe.
- This soft layer 21 is oriented in the direction of the external magnetic field.
- the thickness of the layer must be such that the layer is sufficiently resistant to the external magnetic field but thin enough to ensure good sensitivity of the GMR or TMR.
- a thickness of 5nm of NiFe and 2nm of CoFe are suitable values for working up to 1 Tesla.
- a hard magnetic layer 22 is separated from the soft layer 21 by a separating layer 14 of copper.
- the hard magnetic layer 22 may comprise from the separating layer 14, a CoFe layer 15 and a PtMn layer 16.
- the hard layer 22 has a direction of magnetization - generally in the plane of the layer - set during the manufacturing.
- layer 16 may contain PtMn as well as a CoFe / Ru bilayer with 0.8nm Ru. This three-layer thus formed CoFe / Ru / CoFe is an artificial antiferromagnetic much more robust compared to the application of a perpendicular field.
- a layer 17 of Tantalum, Ruthenium, NiFe or NiFeCr can serve as growth precursor of upper layers 16, 15, 14, 13, 12 and 11 added successively for the implementation of the circuit.
- the assembly of layers of FIG. 1 can have a thickness of approximately 30 nm.
- FIG. 2 shows a preferred configuration which makes it possible to measure the resonance signal on a volume of 30 ⁇ 30 ⁇ 30 ⁇ 3 .
- the sensitive GMR element 31 has a meander shape and is connected to the two contacts 30 which constitute a coaxial line whose impedance is adapted to the resistance of the magneto-resistive meander.
- This preferred configuration is well suited for measurements in vivo or immersed in a liquid or well adapted to a micro-fluidic channel of 30 ⁇ wide.
- the size of the transducer 101 is chosen according to the size of the region of interest of the sample to be analyzed.
- An advantage of this embodiment is that it is possible to perform local NMR spectroscopy and to choose the size of the region of the sample to be analyzed by means of a transducer 101 of suitable size.
- FIG. 3 shows a typical response (output voltage) of a spin valve when measuring the resistance as a function of the applied field H in the plane of the layers composing the GMR, and in the presence of an external main field having a residual longitudinal component of 2mT.
- Such a curve has a high saturation plateau (bl section), a working zone (cl section) with a quasi-linear evolution and a low saturation plateau (al section).
- the constant and uniform field H 0 must be perpendicular to the plane of the layers of the transducer 101.
- the orthogonality between H 0 and the plane of the layers the NMR spectroscopy system 100 according to the invention comprises adjustment means 114.
- the adjustment means 114 for ensuring the orthogonality between the field H 0 104 and the planar layers of the transducer 101 comprise at least one test coil 115 generating a magnetic field H T , said field H T being perpendicular in both the field H 0 and the field Hi.
- An advantage of this embodiment is to generate a test magnetic field H T directed in the direction 107 and used for preliminary adjustments to the NMR measurements. More particularly, by modifying the inclination of the transducer 101 and / or the direction of the Ho field, the orthogonality between the field H 0 and the planar layers can be reached by maximizing the sensitivity of the transducer 101 with respect to the magnetic test field H T .
- the adjustment means between the field H 0 and the planar layers of the transducer 101 comprise micrometric adjustment systems 114 of the position and inclination of the transducer 101 and the direction of the field H 0 .
- An advantage of this embodiment is to provide micrometric adjustments to ensure the orthogonality between H 0 and the planar layers of the transducer 101, which effectively eliminates the saturation problems of the magneto-resistive transducer due to the presence of a component of the field H 0 in the plane of the layers, while maximizing the sensitivity of the transducer 101.
- the micrometric adjustment systems may be, for example, micrometer screws.
- the sample is constituted by a liquid disposed in a microfluidic channel 46 and the transducer 101 is made in the form of a set of individual sensors 41 arranged below or below of the microfluidic channel 46 over the entire microfluidic channel width 46, the planar dimensions of the entire individual sensors 41 being substantially equal to the planar dimensions of the microfluidic channel 46.
- FIG. 4A shows a GMR measurement device configuration that is well suited to an NMR spectroscopy measurement in the case of a liquid contained in a microfluidic channel 46 having a fluid inlet. 42 and a fluid outlet 43.
- the planar dimensions (width * length) of the sensor constituted by a plurality of elementary magnetic sensors 41 must then, optimally, correspond to the planar dimensions of the channel 46.
- the sensitivity axis is then located in the plane and perpendicular to the channel 46.
- the main magnetic field H 0 represented by the arrow 45 and created by the magnet 44 is then applied perpendicular to the plane of the GMR.
- An advantage of this configuration is that the probed volume is limited to the dimensions of the microsonde channel 46 / microprobe unit 41, and the homogeneity required for the main field H 0 is easily achievable compared with the homogeneity required for MRI.
- the sample to be analyzed consists of biological tissues of an animal or a subject 52 and the transducer 51 is made on a support in the form of a needle.
- FIG. 4B shows a GMR 50 measurement device configuration well suited for in vivo local measurement.
- a homogeneous main field Ho symbolized by the arrow 55 and created by an electromagnet 53, 54 is applied perpendicularly to the magneto-resistive sensor 51.
- the sensor 51 is produced on an insulating substrate cut to have a width that is closest to that of the sensor and a sufficiently fine thickness in the case of measurements in vivo to be able to penetrate without significant damage in the tissues of the animal or the subject 52.
- This device will be designated by the term microprobe in the following description.
- the system 100 comprises a shielded enclosure 106 in which are placed the excitation coil 103, the sample to be analyzed 102 and the transducer 101, and it further comprises a permanent magnet or electromagnet coils placed outside the shielded enclosure 106 to create said ambient permanent magnetic field Ho uniform.
- FIG. 5 shows a block diagram of an exemplary measuring device according to the invention.
- the resonance of the total volume of the sample 102 is measured with a large resonance coil 103 which also serves as an exciter coil for spin rotation and precession.
- the microprobe 101 associated with the sample 102 and whose sensitivity direction is represented by the direction 107, is connected to a preamplifier 109 and its signal is recorded on the NMR spectrometer 110 in parallel with the signal from the preamplifier 108 associated with the resonance coil 103.
- the spectrometer 110 may be associated with an oscilloscope 111 and a computer 112.
- the shielding screen 106 eliminates any oscillating spurious signals that can pollute the NMR measurements.
- the arrow 104 represents the constant and homogeneous main external magnetic field H 0 , which is perpendicular to microprobe 101, and the arrow 105 shows the magnetic field Hi, which is variable and homogeneous, applied by the coil. excitation 103.
- a method of implementing the system 100 according to the invention comprises the following steps: Generating a constant and uniform magnetic field H 0 throughout the area of interest where the sample 102 to be analyzed and the transducer (101) are placed;
- test coil 115 generating a field H T , said field H T being perpendicular to both H 0 and Hi;
- signal detection frequency fc - fi, fi - f c or f c + fi said signal being coherent and in phase with the signal at the supply frequency f c and the signal at the resonance frequency fi.
- this embodiment provides an adjustment step, necessary to ensure the orthogonality between H 0 and the planar layers.
- This setting is important for the proper operation of the device. This is explained by the fact that a small misalignment between H 0 and the normal to the planar layers produces a component of H 0 in the plane of the layers. The field H 0 is very intense, even a small misalignment can cause the saturation of the transducer 101.
- the particular optimal embodiment consists in producing a small size sensor, typically 20 ⁇ 20 ⁇ 2 on a silicon needle or insulating material (glass, sapphire, ceramic) of 50 to ⁇ wide. and of thin thickness, typically 50 ⁇ .
- the needle must have a pointed end in order to penetrate easily in the biological tissues to study without creating big damage.
- the animal or subject is placed in a main magnetic field such as that created by an MRI or magnet and it is then necessary to adjust the position of the animal or subject so that the field is perpendicular to the plane of the sensitive element.
- a main magnetic field such as that created by an MRI or magnet
- the main field can be rotated slightly with auxiliary coils creating fields perpendicular to the main field.
- NMR spectroscopy system An NMR spectroscopy system is then connected.
- This system includes a global excitation coil which is located around the animal or subject and which also serves as a global reception; and the magnetoresistive element, which is the sensing element and which is then connected to the spectrometer.
- an optional improvement consists in using the magnetoresistive element as an in situ demodulator.
- the GMR element is supplied at a non-zero frequency f c
- the NMR signal is detected at a frequency fi which is also the frequency of contamination by the global excitation coil and the local detection is at a frequency f c + fi, f c -fi or fi-f c .
- This in situ demodulation (symbolized by the reference 113 of FIG. 5) makes it possible to ensure that the spectroscopy measurement is indeed local.
- NMR spectroscopy is then carried out conventionally.
- the preferred configuration is then to have the sensor placed above or below the microfluidic channel with a width equal to the width of the latter. It is necessary to provide an RF excitation that creates a homogeneous signal on the size of the sensing element.
- This may advantageously be achieved by a coplanar antenna which passes on or under the guide and the magneto-resistive element, either parallel to the guide, or perpendicularly. Passing perpendicularly, the advantage is not to couple directly to the sensitive axis of the sensor.
- the sensitivity axis of the magneto-resistive element will preferably be chosen perpendicularly to the microfluidic channel.
- the main field H 0 may be applied to the microfluidic / microprobe assembly by means of external coils or by a permanent magnet system.
- the required homogeneity applies to the volume delimited by the channel and the microprobe below / above.
- the interfacing to the NMR spectrometer is the same as in the case of the in vivo configuration.
- the in situ demodulation allows to obtain a significant gain in signal on noise and to get rid of different inductive couplings.
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