2017
A minimum-phase Shinnar-Le Roux spectral-spatial excitation RF pulse for simultaneous water and lipid suppression in 1H-MRSI of body extremities
Han P, Ma C, Deng K, Hu S, Jee K, Ying K, Chen Y, Fakhri G. A minimum-phase Shinnar-Le Roux spectral-spatial excitation RF pulse for simultaneous water and lipid suppression in 1H-MRSI of body extremities. Magnetic Resonance Imaging 2017, 45: 18-25. PMID: 28917812, PMCID: PMC5709164, DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2017.09.008.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2014
Design of multidimensional Shinnar–Le Roux radiofrequency pulses
Ma C, Liang Z. Design of multidimensional Shinnar–Le Roux radiofrequency pulses. Magnetic Resonance In Medicine 2014, 73: 633-645. PMID: 24578212, PMCID: PMC4147023, DOI: 10.1002/mrm.25179.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2012
Reduced field‐of‐view excitation using second‐order gradients and spatial‐spectral radiofrequency pulses
Ma C, Xu D, King K, Liang Z. Reduced field‐of‐view excitation using second‐order gradients and spatial‐spectral radiofrequency pulses. Magnetic Resonance In Medicine 2012, 69: 503-508. PMID: 22489022, PMCID: PMC3406253, DOI: 10.1002/mrm.24259.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRF pulsesRF pulse lengthSpatially selective radiofrequencyReduced field-of-view imagingBloch equation simulationsField-of-view imagingPulse lengthRadiofrequency pulsesPhantom experimentsSelective radiofrequencyEquation simulationsPulseSecond-order gradientsNonlinear gradientsExcitation accuracyRegion-of-interestSpatial selectivityBlochSpatial dependencePhantom
2010
Joint design of spoke trajectories and RF pulses for parallel excitation
Ma C, Xu D, King K, Liang Z. Joint design of spoke trajectories and RF pulses for parallel excitation. Magnetic Resonance In Medicine 2010, 65: 973-985. PMID: 21413061, DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22676.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsJoint design problemExcitation errorsTransmitting sensitivityJoint designCost function evaluationsExcitation systemDesign problemRF pulse designSelection problemMultidimensional RF pulsesExperimental resultsComputational efficiencyRF pulsesPulse designThin slice selectionEquation simulationsBloch equation simulationsSequential selectionConventional methodsSpoke locationExcitation patternsK-spacePulseFunction evaluationsLength limit
2009
Perturbation Analysis of the Effects of $B_{1}^{+}$ Errors on Parallel Excitation in MRI
Ma C, Xu D, King K, Liang Z. Perturbation Analysis of the Effects of $B_{1}^{+}$ Errors on Parallel Excitation in MRI. Annual International Conference Of The IEEE Engineering In Medicine And Biology Society (EMBC) 2009, 1: 4064-4066. PMID: 19964100, DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2009.5333196.Peer-Reviewed Original Research