The Approach to Steady State Using Homogeneous and Cartesian Coordinates

Abstract EN

Repeating an arbitrary sequence of RF pulses and magnetic field gradients will eventually lead to a steady-state condition in any magnetic resonance system.

While numerical methods can quantify this trajectory, analytic analysis provides significantly more insight and a means for faster calculation.

Recently, an analytic analysis using homogeneous coordinates was published.

The current work further develops this line of thought and compares the relative merits of using a homogeneous or a Cartesian coordinate system.