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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Magn Reson Med. 2011 Jul 14;67(4):1120–1126. doi: 10.1002/mrm.23085

Figure 5. Phase Evolution of Elliptical Precession.

Figure 5

In the asymptotic limit (Eq. [14]), the nonlinear component of the phase evolution under a z2-(x2+y2) gradient can be described by precession about an ellipse. Here, we simulate just the nonlinear component of the phase evolution that would be expected for a slice centered at z=3cm evolving under a 100Hz/cm2 field.