title: Tailored slice selection in solid-state MRI by DANTE under magic-echo line narrowing.
abstract: We propose a method of slice selection in solid-state MRI by combining DANTE selective excitation with magic-echo (ME) line narrowing. The DANTE RF pulses applied at the ME peaks practically do not interfere with the ME line narrowing in the combined ME DANTE sequence. This allows straightforward tailoring of the slice profile simply by introducing an appropriate modulation, such as a sinc modulation, into the flip angles of the applied DANTE RF pulses. The utility of the method has been demonstrated by preliminary experiments performed on a test sample of adamantane.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Applied Physics, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8573, Japan. matsui@bk.tsukuba.ac.jp
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsui
authors.forename: Hidefumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Masumoto
authors.forename: Takeyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
mesh_terms: D000218:Adamantane / Q000737:chemistry; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D011846:Radio Waves
chemical_list: D000218:Adamantane