Method for improved multiband excitation profiles using the Shinnar-Le Roux transform

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 577-584

  Cunningham, Charles H ^a,c   Wood, Michael L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hadamard encoding; Multiband; RF pulse design; Selective excitation; Shinnar Le Roux transform

Indexed keywords

ENCODING (SYMBOLS); MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

CONVENTIONAL METHODS; EXCITATION PROFILE; HADAMARD; MULTIBAND; MULTIBAND EXCITATION; PHASE CORRECTIONS; RF PULSE DESIGNS; SELECTIVE EXCITATIONS;

SIGNAL ENCODING;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032869216     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-2594(199909)42:3<577::AID-MRM21>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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