Design of broadband RF pulses with polynomial-phase response

Schulte, RF; Henning, A; Tsao, J; Boesiger, P; Pruessmann, KP

doi:10.1016/j.jmr.2007.02.004

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Design of broadband RF pulses with polynomial-phase response

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Schulte, R., Henning, A., Tsao, J., Boesiger, P., & Pruessmann, K. (2007). Design of broadband RF pulses with polynomial-phase response. Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 186(2), 167-175. doi:10.1016/j.jmr.2007.02.004.

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Abstract

The achievable bandwidth of common linear-phase RF pulses is limited by the maximum feasible B1 amplitude of the MR system. It has been shown previously, that this limitation can be circumvented by overlaying a quadratic phase in the frequency domain, which spreads the power across the pulse duration. Quadratic-phase RF pulses are near optimal in terms of achieving minimal B1max. In this work, it is demonstrated that further B1max reduction can be achieved by combining quadratic with higher-order polynomial-phase functions. RF pulses with a phase response up to tenth order were designed using the Shinnar-Le Roux transformation, yielding considerable increases in bandwidth and selectivity as compared to pure quadratic-phase pulses. These benefits are studied for a range of pulse specifications and demonstrated experimentally. For B1max = 20 μT and a pulse duration of 2.1 ms, it was possible to increase the bandwidth from 3.1 kHz for linear and 3.8 kHz for a quadratic to 9.9 kHz for a polynomial-phase pulse.