Abstract #0077

Suppression of Banding and Transient Signal Oscillations in Balanced SSFP Using a Spoiled RF Pre-Phasing Approach

Jon Fredrik Nielsen¹, Daehyun Yoon², Douglas C. Noll¹

¹Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States; ²Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

Balanced steady state free precession (bSSFP) offers high SNR efficiency and unique contrast mechanisms, but is prone to banding artifacts and transient signal oscillations. We present an RF pre-phasing approach for suppression of banding and transient oscillations in bSSFP.