RF pulse optimization for Bloch-Siegert B+1 mapping

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 857-862

  Khalighi, Mohammad Mehdi ^a   Rutt, Brian K ^b   Kerr, Adam B ^c  

^a GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bloch Siegert shift; flip angle; off resonance; parallel transmit; RF pulse design

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MAPPING;

BLOCH-SIEGERT SHIFT; FLIP ANGLE; OFF-RESONANCE; PARALLEL TRANSMIT; RF PULSE DESIGNS;

MAPPING;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; IMAGING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RADIOFREQUENCY;

EID: 84865504577     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.23271     Document Type: Article

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