Apparat und Verfahren zum Analysieren des physiologischen Zustandes eines Organismus

摘要

An apparatus and a method for analyzing the physiological state of a sample of a living organism of eucaryotes and procaryotes, for example, plants, seeds, tissues, calluses and microorganisms, permitting to examine the sample for its physiological state internally in a successive and non-destructive manner to thereby enable to analyze the change of the sample in the hystomorphological and metabolic aspect due to the growth thereof, by arranging, within the hollow core space (3) of a magnetic field generator (2) composed of a stationary magnetic field generating coil (2a) and a gradient magnetic field generating coil (2b), a detection unit (4) and an RF-emission-reception set (5). The resulting assembly is supported on an air feed duct (36) serving also as a supporting beam. A sample holder (11) with the sample of an organism included therein is placed within the detection unit (4). The detection unit (4) is maintained at a constant temperature by supplying warm air or cold air thereto via the air feed duct (36), while supplying thereto a liquid feed and a gas feed via a liquid feed tube (31) and a gas feed tube (32) respectively, to let the sample grow. The RF-emission-reception set (5) is actuated to emit RF pulses from an RF coil and to receive the resulting MR signals from the sample. The MR signals are processed into corresponding MR image and/or spectrum, in order to analyze the change in the physiological state of the sample organism.