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A three-dimensional spin-echo or inversion pulse.

J M Pauly·B S Hu·S J Wang·D G Nishimura·A Macovski
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In theory, multidimensional pulses can be designed to be selective in any number of dimensions. In practice, available gradient power has enforced a limit to two dimensions. We show here that three-dimensional pi pulses are feasible on commercial imaging machines provided that the range of off-resonance frequencies are limited.

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Image Processing, Computer-AssistedMagnetic Resonance ImagingJournal ArticleResearch Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

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J M Pauly, B S Hu, S J Wang, D G Nishimura, A Macovski. 1993. A three-dimensional spin-echo or inversion pulse.. https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.1910290103

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