Abstract
Adiabatic pulses are widely used for spatial localization in magnetic resonance spectroscopy because of their high immunity to RF inhomogeneity and excellent slice profiles. Since non-rectangular volume is often preferred in localized spectroscopy, we propose a scheme for selecting a trapezoidal slice using adiabatic π pulses. In this scheme, a time-varying gradient orthogonal to a stationary slice selection gradient is used to change the boundaries of the slice profile from parallel to non-parallel. Numerical simulation results for the transverse and longitudinal magnetization using different RF and gradient waveforms are presented for non-parallel slice selection. Phantom imaging and in vivo 1H MRS of rat brain using non-parallel slices are demonstrated.
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