Nonuniform and multidimensional Shinnar-Le Roux RF pulse design method

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 690-702

  Grissom, William A ^a   McKinnon, Graeme C ^b   Vogel, Mika W ^a  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

RF pulse design; selective excitation; SLR multidimensional excitation

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT GRADIENTS; FILTER DESIGNS; MAGNETIZATION RIPPLE; MULTIPLE DIMENSIONS; PULSE DESIGN; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RF PULSE DESIGNS; SELECTIVE EXCITATIONS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; RADIOFREQUENCY; ROTATION; SHINNAR LE ROUX RADIOFREQUENCY PULSE DESIGN ALGORITHM;

EID: 84865448319     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.23269     Document Type: Article

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