Design of non-selective refocusing pulses with phase-free rotation axis by gradient ascent pulse engineering algorithm in parallel transmission at 7 T

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 230, Issue , 2013, Pages 76-83

  Massire, Aurélien ^a   Cloos, Martijn A ^b   Vignaud, Alexandre ^a   Le Bihan, Denis ^a   Amadon, Alexis ^a   Boulant, Nicolas ^a  

^a DIF   (France)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Optimal control; Parallel transmission; Phase free; Refocusing; RF inhomogeneities; Spin echo

Indexed keywords

INHOMOGENEITIES; OPTIMAL CONTROLS; PARALLEL TRANSMISSION; PHASE FREE; REFOCUSING; SPIN ECHO;

CONTROL; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTIMIZATION;

DESIGN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRANSDUCER;

ALGORITHMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 84876102421     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2013.01.005     Document Type: Article

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