Time-optimal design for multidimensional and parallel transmit variable-rate selective excitation

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1471-1479

  Lee, Daeho ^a   Lustig, Michael ^a   Grissom, William A ^a   Pauly, John M ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Multidimensional; Parallel; RF excitation; SAR; Time optimal; VERSE

Indexed keywords

DESIGN;

MULTIDIMENSIONAL; PARALLEL; RF EXCITATION; TIME-OPTIMAL; VERSE;

PULSE SHAPING;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROCESS DESIGN; RADIOFREQUENCY; TIME; VARIABLE RATE SELECTIVE EXCITATION;

EID: 67049169041     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21950     Document Type: Article

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