Abstract #3011
2D and 3D Parallel RF Pulse Design for Inhomogeneity Correction and Volume Localization
Setsompop K, Wald L, Alagappan V, Gagoski B, Hebrank F, Fontius U, Schmitt F, Adalsteinsson E, Triantafyllou C
MIT
Three different designs of 2D and 3D spatially tailored RF waveforms are demonstrated and their performance evaluated in single-channel phantom imaging and in simulation of 8-channel array incorporating experimental B1 field profiles. The result suggested that accelerated multidimensional RF pulses can excite useful B1 profiles in clinically relevant excitation time.
