Fast-k<inf>z</inf> three-dimensional tailored radiofrequency pulse for reduced B<inf>1</inf> inhomogeneity

• Main Authors: Suwit Saekho, Chun Yu Yip, Douglas C. Noll, Fernando E. Boada, V. Andrew Stenger
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=33645755826&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/61885
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

This article presents a small-flip-angle, three-dimensional tailored RF pulse that excites thin slices with an adjustable quadratic in-plane spatial variation. The quadratic spatial variation helps to compensate for the loss in image uniformity using a volume coil at 3 T due to the wavelike properti...