title: Short perspective on "NMR population inversion using a composite pulse" by M.H. Levitt and R. Freeman [J. Magn. Reson. 33 (1979) 473-476].
abstract: The invention of the composite pulse by Malcolm H. Levitt in 1978 is described from a personal perspective.
authors: University of Southampton, School of Chemistry, Highfield, SO17 1BJ Southampton, UK. mhl@soton.ac.uk
authors: Malcolm H
authors: MH
authors: Levitt
mesh_terms: D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D011846:Radio Waves