Minimal-SAR RF pulse optimization for parallel transmission in MRI

Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS'08 - "Personalized Healthcare through Technology"

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 5774-5777

  Liu, Yinan ^a   Ji, Jim X ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPACE FLIGHT;

AUTOMATIC DESIGN; K-SPACE TRAJECTORIES; MODULATED EXCITATIONS; MULTI DIMENSIONAL; OPTIMIZATION FRAMEWORK; PARALLEL TRANSMISSION; RADIO FREQUENCY POWER; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATIOS;

ITERATIVE METHODS;

EID: 61849168007     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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