Abstract: A method serving for recording spin resonance spectra of test samples having at least two groups (CH.sub.3, CH) of nuclei of the same kind and of substantially identical chemical shift, comprises the step of suppressing the signal of the second group (CH) for the purpose of obtaining an isolated image of the signal of the first group (CH.sub.3). To this end, a pulse sequence of four r.f. pulses, preferably 90.degree. r.f. pulses (10, 12, 13, 14), are irradiated upon the sample. The first r.f. pulse (10) is a soft pulse, selective for the nuclei of the first group (CH.sub.3). The second r.f. pulse (12) is a soft pulse, selective for the nuclei of the second group (CH), and causes the magnetizations of the nuclei of the first group (CH.sub.3) and of the second group (CH) to be transferred, at least in part, to a state of multiple-quantum coherence. Immediately following the second r.f. pulse (12) the third r.f.

Abstract: A method for providing B.sub.0 homogeneity at voxels away from the magnet isocenter for use in volume selected NMR spectroscopy wherein voxels are shimmed using only first-order X, Y and Z shims to produce three dimensional shim current maps that are utilized in setting up for in vivo spectroscopy.