RF pulses for in vivo spectroscopy at high field designed under conditions of limited power using optimal control

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-40

  Matson, Gerald B ^a   Young, Karl ^a,b   Kaiser, Lana G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bandwidth; Localization; Optimal control; Optimized; Pulse; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ANOMALOUS PHASE; BANDWIDTH FREQUENCY; BROADBAND GENERATION; COUPLED SPINS; FREQUENCY DISPERSION; FREQUENCY-SELECTIVE; HIGH FIELD; HIGH MAGNETIC FIELDS; IN-VIVO SPECTROSCOPY; LOCALIZATION; OPTIMAL CONTROL; OPTIMAL CONTROL METHODS; OPTIMAL CONTROLS; OPTIMIZED; PULSE; RF PULSE; RF-POWER; SELECTIVE EXCITATIONS; SPATIAL INTERFERENCE; SPIN ECHO;

BANDWIDTH; MAGNETIC FIELDS; OPTIMIZATION; SPECTROSCOPY; SPIN DYNAMICS; SPIN POLARIZATION;

PULSE GENERATORS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ALGORITHMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; RADIO WAVES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 67349100607     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2009.03.010     Document Type: Article

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