Trajectory optimization based on the signal-to-noise ratio for spatial encoding with nonlinear encoding fields.

Computer-based optimization provides an efficient means to explore the large trajectory space created by the use of multiple nonlinear encoding fields. The optimization framework, as presented here, is necessary to fully exploit the advantages of nonlinear fields. Magn Reson Med 76:104-117, 2016. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.