In this abstract, we propose the design of SMS RF pulses using a new method based on the small-tip angle approximation that directly constrains peak amplitude using a least-square optimization. We compare our proposed method to the equivalent phase-modulated Shinnar-Le Roux (SLR) SMS pulse with optimized phase scheduling for minimal RF power. Our proposed method provides lower simulation error than SLR-based designs at equivalent pulse lengths and same error for shorter pulse lengths that are unrealizable (in the peak amplitude sense) with the SLR-based approach. In experiment we show sharp excitation slice profiles for our SMS designs.
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