Patent ID: 11921180
Assignee: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE LIMITED
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the time-offset is determined such that a minimal temporal shift between two of the plurality of spatially non-selective initial RF-pulses is determined, with the steps:
a) providing predefined pulse shapes of the plurality of spatially non-selective initial RF-pulses;
b) providing a predefined minimal test-offset comprising a time-shift and a phase-shift with the value zero;
c) providing a predefined maximum RF-intensity of the combined RF-pulse;
d) calculating a summed RF-pulse of the plurality of spatially non-selective initial RF-pulses, where at least one of the plurality of spatially non-selective initial RF-pulses is temporally shifted with the test-offset; and
e) comparing an absolute value of the--a maximum RF-intensity of the summed RF-pulse with the predefined maximum RF-intensity of the combined RF-pulse,
when the absolute value of the maximum RF-intensity of the summed RF-pulse exceeds the predefined maximum RF-intensity of the combined RF-pulse, increasing the test-offset between the two of the plurality of spatially non-selective initial RF-pulses with a predefined temporal value and repeat steps d) to e), and
when the absolute value of the maximum RF-intensity of the summed RF-pulse does not exceed the predefined maximum RF-intensity of the combined RF-pulse, taking the summed RF-pulse as the combined RF-pulse,

wherein the steps are performed until the time-shift of the test-offset exceeds a length of the plurality of spatially non-selective initial RF-pulses such that the plurality of spatially non-selective initial RF-pulses no longer overlap.