Figure 5.
Spiral in versus spiral in-out subpulse simulations. (a) 0.645 ms spiral-in and spiral in-out kx trajectories. The initial linear ramp prewinder of the spiral-in trajectory is labeled. (b) Amplitude waveforms of spiral-in and spiral in-out RF subpulses for a human subject. The spiral-in waveform is zero during its prewinder, and the spiral in-out waveform is zero during the up and down ramps at either end of the pulse. (c) RMS excitation error as a function of offset frequency for spiral in and spiral in-out pulses. (d) Percent flip angle error maps at 0 Hz and 500 Hz frequency offset.