Figure 2
Profile of the B1-map along the right-left direction in a phantom (a) and the head of a volunteer (b) as percentage of the desired B1 field strength. Shown are the results of the proposed method with (dashed) and without (dotted) the excitation profile correction for the SG100 (light gray) and the Optex1 (dark grey) excitation pulse shape, and of the dual-TR method (solid black) as a reference.