A Statistical Robust Approach to Design Parallel Transmit Radiofrequency Excitations in MRI

Figure 1

(a) Axial view of the mean control field (in Hz/volt) of the Nova TX array (images 1 to 8 correspond to the 8 TX channels and the last image correspond to the CP excitation mode) and (b) the covariance of the control field (Hz²/volt²) for the Nova TX array.

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