Rf Pulse Design Methods for Reduction of Image Artifacts in Parallel Rf Excitation: Comparison of 3 Techniques on a 3t Parallel Excitation System with 8 Channels
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A. C. Zelinski, L. L. Wald, K. Setsompop, V. Alagappan, B. A. Gagoski, F. Hebrank, U. Fontius, F. Schmitt, and E. Adalsteinsson Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States, A. A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, United States, Siemens Medical Solutions, Erlangen, Germany
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