Slice-selective excitation with B 1 + -insensitive composite pulses

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 214, Issue , 2012, Pages 200-211

  Moore, Jay ^a   Jankiewicz, Marcin ^a   Anderson, Adam W ^a,b   Gore, John C ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite radio frequency pulses; Flip angle uniformity; Phase modulation; RF field inhomogeneity; Selective excitation; Ultra high field human imaging

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE RADIO; FLIP-ANGLE UNIFORMITY; RF FIELD INHOMOGENEITY; SELECTIVE EXCITATIONS; ULTRA-HIGH;

MAGNETIZATION; PHASE MODULATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BRAIN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84855670672     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2011.11.006     Document Type: Article

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