Fundamentals & Visualization of the SWIFT Sequence

Curtis Andrew Corum¹, Djaudat Idiyatullin¹, Steen Moeller¹, Ryan Chamberlain¹, Robert O'Connell¹, Michael Garwood¹

We review the basics of the SWIFT sequence. Due to the short T2 sensitivity and rapid RF switching, there are unique hardware requirements for implementing SWIFT. Also due to the frequency swept pulse and interleaved signal reception, there are novel signal processing and correction strategies.