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Transmit SENSE is typically applied to improve spatially selective RF pulses in two or three dimensions. This study investigates the application of Transmit SENSE to one-dimensional RF pulses. For these RF pulses, Transmit SENSE is applicable in case of large B1 variations across the slice or slab to be excited. Typically, such large B1 variations are found across the slabs excited in 3D volume imaging orin the framework of the REgional Saturation Technique (REST). 1D Transmit SENSE can improve the excitation slab profile, and particularly can result in a significant reduction of RF power and the relatedspecific absorption rate (SAR). Since the involved RF pulses have the same duration as standard slice-selection pulses, they can easilybe incorporated in standard sequences without changing sequence timing. The approach was tested using synthetic and realistic coil sensitivity profiles.