8. Glossary

Relaxometry; relaxometry

A nuclear magnetic resonance technique that measures the distribution of relaxation times (characteristic times at which NMR signals evolve) within a sample to deduce information about its physical and chemical properties.

Metabolomics; metabolomics

The science of studying the metabolites (small molecules) present in living organisms. Metabolomics mainly uses nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectrometry as analytical techniques.

Gradient de champ magnétique; magnetic field gradient

Spatial variation of the magnetic field imposed on a sample studied by NMR. Magnetic field gradients are ubiquitous in most current NMR experiments, to suppress or select a signal of interest, or to implement experiments involving spatial coding of information....