Adapted RF pulse design for SAR reduction in parallel excitation with experimental verification at 9.4 T

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 161-170

  Wu, Xiaoping ^a   Akgün, Can ^a   Vaughan, J Thomas ^a   Andersen, Peter ^a   Strupp, John ^a   Uurbil, Kâmil ^a   Moortele, Pierre Franois Van De ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

2D VERSE pulse; High magnetic field MRI; Parallel excitation; RF pulse design; Specific absorption rate

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; FLIP ANGLE; GRADIENT WAVEFORMS; HIGH FIELD; HIGH MAGNETIC FIELDS; K-SPACE; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PARALLEL EXCITATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PATTERN ACCURACY; PEAK POWER; RF PULSE; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; T-SYSTEMS; TRANSMIT CHANNELS;

ABSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; SPACE FLIGHT;

DESIGN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIO WAVES;

EID: 77955340876     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2010.04.018     Document Type: Article

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