Efficient design of pulses with trapezoidal magnitude and linear phase response profiles

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 137-145

  Pickup, Stephen ^a,b   Popescu, Mihail ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Pulse design; Response profile; RF pulses; SLR

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; LINEAR PROGRAMMING;

AMPLITUDE MODULATED; FREQUENCY RESPONSE PROFILE; LINEAR OPTIMIZATION; LINEAR PHASE RESPONSE; PROFILE ACCURACIES; PULSE DESIGN; RESPONSE PROFILE; RF PULSE;

POLYNOMIALS;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; MATHEMATICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RADIOFREQUENCY;

EID: 0030848293     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910380119     Document Type: Article

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