On Spatially Selective RF Excitation and Its Analogy with Spiral MR Image Acquisition

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Journal MAGMA

Publisher Springer

Date 1999 Mar 2

PMID 10050943

Citations 12

Authors

P Bornert

B Aldefeld

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Abstract

The basic principles of the design of spatially selective RF pulses are described, and their analogy with MR image acquisition and reconstruction is shown. The paper focuses on RF-pulse design and imaging schemes in which spiral k-space trajectories are used. The sensitivity of RF excitation to gradient-system imperfections and to spatially varying off-resonance are analyzed, and suitable measures of correction are discussed. The spatial resolution obtainable with selective RF pulses and the consequences of the linearity of the pulse-design problem are examined. Phantom experiments showing the performance of multidimensional spatially selective RF pulses further illustrate the analogy with MR image acquisition.

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