We present a fully geometric view of multiphoton excitation by taking a particular rotating frame transformation. In this rotating frame, we find that multiphoton excitations appear just like single-photon excitations again, and thus, we can readily generalize concepts already explored in standard single-photon excitation. With a homebuilt low-frequency (~ kHz) coil, we execute a standard slice-selective pulse sequence with all of its excitations replaced by their equivalent two-photon versions. With a multiphoton interpretation of oscillating gradients, we present a novel way to transform a standard slice-selective adiabatic pulse into a multiband one without modifying the RF pulse shape itself.
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