Strongly modulating pulses for counteracting RF inhomogeneity at high fields

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 701-708

  Boulant, Nicolas ^a,b,c   Le Bihan, D ^b   Amadon, A ^b  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^b DIF   (France)

^c CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

B1 inhomogeneity; Flip angle homogenizing pulses; High field; Pulse optimization

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MAPPING; GRAPHIC METHODS;

FLIP ANGLE; HIGH FIELD; INHOMOGENEITIES; LINEAR APPROXIMATIONS; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; OPTIMIZATION PROCEDURES; PARALLEL TRANSMISSION; PULSE OPTIMIZATION;

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN; DEVICE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 51449119263     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21700     Document Type: Article

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