Exploring the limits of broadband excitation and inversion: II. Rf-power optimized pulses

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 58-66

  Kobzar, Kyryl ^a   Skinner, Thomas E ^b   Khaneja, Navin ^c   Glaser, Steffen J ^a   Luy, Burkhard ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BEBOP; BIBOP; Broadband pulses; Excitation; Inversion; Optimal control theory; Rf power

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CONTROL THEORY; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION;

BEBOP; BIBOP; BROADBAND EXCITATION; BROADBAND PULSES; EXCITATION; INVERSION; OPTIMAL CONTROL THEORY; OPTIMIZED PULSES; PHYSICAL LIMITS; PULSE DURATIONS; PULSE LENGTHS; PULSE SHAPING; RF-POWER; SYSTEMATIC STUDY;

TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 49349087451     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2008.05.023     Document Type: Article

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