Excitation of arbitrary shapes by gradient optimized random walk in discrete k-space

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 920-931

  Serša, Igor ^a,c   Macura, Slobodan ^a,b  

^a MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Gradient load optimization; k space trajectories; Volume selective excitation

Indexed keywords

SIMULATED ANNEALING; SPACE FLIGHT;

ARBITRARY SHAPE; ARBITRARY TRAJECTORIES; EXCITATION PROFILE; EXCITATION PULSE; K-SPACE TRAJECTORIES; RANDOM WALK; SELECTIVE EXCITATIONS; TIP ANGLE;

TRAJECTORIES;

ARTICLE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PULSE RATE; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 0031000286     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910370618     Document Type: Article

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