Comparison of three algorithms for solving linearized systems of parallel excitation RF waveform design equations: Experiments on an eight-channel system at 3 tesla

Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part B: Magnetic Resonance Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 176-190

  Zelinski, Adam C ^a   Wald, Lawrence L ^b,c   Setsompop, Kawin ^a   Alagappan, Vijayanand ^c   Gagoski, Borjan A ^a   Goyal, Vivek K ^a   Hebrank, Franz ^d   Fontius, Ulrich ^d   Schmitt, Franz ^d   Adalsteinsson, Elfar ^a,b  

^a USA

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancellation artifacts; Conjugate gradient methods; Parallel excitation; RF acceleration; RF coil array

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548259340     PISSN: 15525031     EISSN: 1552504X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cmr.b.20093     Document Type: Article

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