Iterative RF pulse design for multidimensional, small-tip-angle selective excitation

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 908-917

  Yip, Chun Yu ^a   Fessler, Jeffrey A ^a   Noll, Douglas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Constrained minimization; Excitation k space; Iterative pulse design; Selective excitation; Small tip angle

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING;

CONSTRAINED MINIMIZATION; K SPACE; PULSE DESIGN; SELECTIVE EXCITATIONS; TIP ANGLE;

ITERATIVE METHODS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; RADIOFREQUENCY; SAMPLING; THEORY;

EID: 26844519448     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20631     Document Type: Article

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