Robust slice-selective broadband refocusing pulses

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 126-135

  Janich, Martin A ^a,b   Schulte, Rolf F ^b   Schwaiger, Markus ^a   Glaser, Steffen J ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Broadband refocusing; BURBOP; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Optimal control theory; PRESS; Radiofrequency pulse

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND REFOCUSING; BURBOP; OPTIMAL CONTROL THEORY; PRESS; RADIO-FREQUENCY PULSE;

CHEMICAL SHIFT; CONTROL; CONTROL THEORY; COST FUNCTIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SYSTEM THEORY;

OPTIMIZATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIO WAVES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 80055091787     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2011.09.025     Document Type: Article

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