Abstract #0596

Balanced SSFP Cardiac Imaging at 7T

Lance DelaBarre¹, J. Thomas Vaughan¹, Carl Snyder¹, Pierre-Francois van de Moortele¹

¹CMRR - Dept. of Radiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

The challenges of balanced steady-state free precession (bSSFP) cardiac cine increase with field strength. The effect static field inhomogeneities and RF efficiency are explored for 7T, and 7T bSSFP cines are presented.