v0.6.0

Fixes:

• fixed compatibility with pathlib module (a00ac09)
• fixed compatibility with PyPulseq 1.4.0 AND PyPulseq 1.3.1post1 (449705a)

Updates:

• removed parallel computation option (449705a)
• updated and standardised docstrings (df0ff4c, 0534c13, 117c500)
• adjusted pypulseq imports (29f760a)

Deprecations:

• deleted deprecated functions (569fca8, 03d9f70)

v0.5.0

Fixes:

• fixed sign error in bmc_solver (a77cd7d)
• fixed RuntimeError in set_params when relaxation times instead of rates are defined in yaml file (#23)

Updates:

• standardised type hints and annotations using typing package (9618487)
• updated example files (26938ca)
• adjust simulation and write functions to PyPulseq v. 1.4 (c3e670c)

Deprecations:

• marked utils/seq/read as deprecated, because they are not needed for pypulseq >= 1.4.0 any more (be06f9b)

New features/functionality:

• added update method to solver class (172b5e0)

v0.4.0

Fixes:

• fixed prep_rf_simulation method of BMCTool class (this only affected pulses with amplitude and phase modulation)
• fixed accessing attributes of pypulseq Sequence objects

Updates:

• standardised type hints using typing package
• standardised path handling using pathlib package
• updated example files

Deprecations:

• marked utils/seq/conversion as deprecated, because conversion functions are not needed since release of pypulseq 1.3.1
• marked utils/seq/auxiliary/get_offsets as deprecated. Use get_definition('offsets_ppm') instead.

New features/functionality:

• added utils/seq/auxiliary/get_definition function to get one individual value directly from the definitions of a seq file (much faster compared to pypulseq)
• added utils/seq/auxiliary/get_definitions to get a dictionary with ALL definitions of a seq file (much faster compared to pypulseq)
• added utils/eval/normalize_data function to enable the normalization of simulated data before plotting
• added several options to the utils/eval/plot_z function

v0.3.1post1

Fixes:

• fixed scaling factor in make_gauss_hanning()

Updates:

• adjust to pypulseq 1.3.1post1

New features/functionality:

• added verbose flag in BMCTool class to suppress print commands in run_parallel() method

v0.3.0

Fixes:

• fixed simulation of magnetization evolution during gradient/spoiler duration in parallel calculation

Updates:

• parallel calculation now uses the block events from the 2nd offset instead of 1st (which might be a normalization offset)

New features/functionality:

• added support for relaxation times (additional to relaxation rates) in config files
• added functionality to create arbitrary rf pulses with amplitude and phase modulation and included several examples
• added function to calculate continuous wave power/amplitude equivalents for shaped rf pulses

v0.2.2

BMCTool v0.2.2

Fixes:

• included simulation of magnetization evolution during gradient/spoiler duration

Updates:

• updated calc_mtr_asym function
• updated colorbar limits in plot_z function

New features/functionality:

• added function to write pulseq-cest seq files
• added option to toggle the return of absolute values in get_zspec function