Magnitude-constrained sequence design with application in MRI

• In this paper we present an algorithm for sequence design with magnitude constraints. We formulate the design problem in a general setting, but also illustrate its relevance to parallel excitation MRI. The formulated non-convex design optimization criterion is minimized locally by means of a cyclic algorithm, consisting of two simple algebraic sub-steps. Since the algorithm truly minimizes the criterion, the obtained sequence designs are guaranteed to improve upon the estimates provided by a previous method, which is based on the heuristic principle of the Iterative Quadratic Maximum Likelihood algorithm. The performance of the proposed algorithm is illustrated in two numerical examples.

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TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Elektroteknik och elektronik -- Signalbehandling (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering -- Signal Processing (hsv//eng)

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