Reducing the duration of broadband excitation pulses using optimal control with limited RF amplitude

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 68-74

  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

ALGORITHMS; BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETIZATION; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; RELAXATION PROCESSES;

BROADBAND EXCITATION; BROADBAND EXCITATION BY OPTIMIZED PULSES (BEBOP);

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

MUS;

DEUTERIUM OXIDE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SYSTEMS THEORY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; DEUTERIUM OXIDE; FEEDBACK; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIO WAVES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SYSTEMS THEORY;

EID: 1242332396     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2003.12.001     Document Type: Article

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