Application of optimal control theory to the design of broadband excitation pulses for high-resolution NMR

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 8-15

  Skinner, Thomas E ^a   Reiss, Timo O ^b   Luy, Burkhard ^b   Khaneja, Navin ^c   Glaser, Steffen J ^b  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BEBOP; Broadband excitation; Optimal control theory

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CONTROL THEORY; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

BROADBAND EXCITATION;

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

DEUTERIUM OXIDE; LYSINE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SYSTEMS THEORY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; DEUTERIUM OXIDE; LYSINE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; SYSTEMS THEORY;

EID: 0041492770     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-7807(03)00153-8     Document Type: Article

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