Combined simulated annealing and Shinnar-Le Roux pulse design of slice-multiplexed RF pulses for multi-slice imaging

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 133-142

  Lee, K J ^a   Paley, M N J ^a   Wild, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Multiplexed RF pulse; Pulse design; Shinnar Le Roux; Simulated annealing; Simultaneous multi slice imaging

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MULTIPLEXING; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

MULTIPLEXED RF PULSE; PULSE DESIGN; SHINNAR-LE ROUX PULSE DESIGN; SIMULTANEOUS MULTI-SLICE IMAGING;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIO WAVES;

EID: 33747884236     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2006.06.019     Document Type: Article

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