A generalized slab-wise framework for parallel transmit multiband RF pulse design.

Xiaoping WuSebastian SchmitterEdward J AuerbachKâmil UğurbilPierre-François Van de Moortele

Published in: Magnetic resonance in medicine (2015)

Compared with slice-wise approaches where each of the many imaging slices requires both B1+ mapping and pulse optimization, the proposed slab-wise design framework attained comparable RF performance while drastically reducing the number of required pulses; therefore, it can be used to increase time efficiency for B1+ mapping, pulse calculation, and sequence preparation.

Keyphrases

high resolution
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