Radiofrequency pulse designs for three-dimensional MRI providing uniform tipping in inhomogeneous B1 fields

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1254-1266

  Liu, Hui ^a,b   Matson, Gerald B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

high field; MRI; optimization; RF pulse

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; MAGNETIZATION; OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

HIGH FIELD; MAGNETIZATION TRANSFER; OPTIMAL CONTROL THEORY; OPTIMIZATION ROUTINE; RADIO-FREQUENCY PULSE; RF PULSE; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; TRANSVERSE MAGNETIZATION;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ARTICLE; EXCITATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC FIELD; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 80054804880     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22913     Document Type: Article

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