Broadband slab selection with B1+ mitigation at 7T via parallel spectral-spatial excitation

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 493-500

  Setsompop, Kawin ^a   Alagappan, Vijayanand ^b   Gagoski, Borjan A ^a   Potthast, Andreas ^c   Hebrank, Franz ^d   Fontius, Ulrich ^d   Schmitt, Franz ^d   Wald, L L ^b,e   Adalsteinsson, E ^a,b,e  

^a USA   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^d SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Multidimensional rf pulse; Parallel excitation; Rf inhomogeneity mitigation; Spectral spatial excitation

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SHIFT; DESIGN; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

CHEMICAL SHIFT IMAGING; CHEMICAL-SHIFT DISPERSION; LARGE SPECTRAL BANDWIDTH; PARALLEL EXCITATION; RF PULSE; RF-INHOMOGENEITY; SELECTIVE EXCITATIONS; SLICE-SELECTIVE EXCITATIONS;

BANDWIDTH;

WATER;

ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; NARROW BAND IMAGING; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 60549093759     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21834     Document Type: Article

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