AbstractCitrate is a secretory product of the normal prostate, a lack of citrate in prostate tissue is expected to be pathognomonic for adenocarcinoma. In the present study proton AB‐signal characteristics of citrate at low field strength of 1.5 T were investigated byvolume selective spectroscopic and theoreticalmethods. The nonappearance of fast phase modulation of the J‐coupled system at low field strengthin vivois verified by measurements of sodium citrate solution.In vivolocalized spectroscopy of small volume elements of (2 cm)3with the double spin‐echo method within the prostatic gland provides citrate signal reception even using a Helmholtz coil with 170‐mm diameter. Volume selective proton spectra with different echo times are presented which are comparable to spectra acquired by former authors with endorecta