NMR phase encoding using phase varying rf pulses

Details NMR phase encoding using phase varying rf pulses NMR phase encoding using phase varying rf pulses

1985-07-17

1987-08-25

Levy, Stewart J.

Electricity: measuring and testing

Particle precession resonance

Using a nuclear resonance spectrometer system

324313, G01R 3320

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active

046895663

ABSTRACT:
The phase encoding of NMR information is performed using rf pulse sequences. The rf pulse sequences produce a substantially continuous phase variation cross the resonant frequency range of the atoms of an object in order to perform phase encoding. Some of the pulses may be tailored pulses, with each tailored rf pulse including frequencies which cover a bounded continuous frequency range. Either the phase or the amplitude of each tailored rf pulse varies with frequency across this continuous range. If the amplitude is linearly variant across the range, the phase is constant, but if the phase is linearly variant across the range, the amplitude is constant. The tailored rf pulses may be applied in the presence of pulsed magnetic gradient fields of the conventional type to produce the phase variation. Alternatively, rf pulses may be applied through rf field gradient coils providing a spatial variation which permits may in either case be included in a sequence of pulses which also performs excitation of atoms in an object being imaged.

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