Abstract #2787

Magnetization Transfer Effects in Wideband SSFP

Hung Phi Do¹, Robert Marc Lebel², Krishna S. Nayak²

¹Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States; ²Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Wideband SSFP is an alternating-TR sequence that suppresses much of the off-resonant banding artifacts associated with balanced SSFP. In this study, we demonstrate that wbSSFP is more sensitive to magnetization transfer (MT) than is bSSFP at all tip angles and RF pulse durations, making this sequence attractive for mapping the MT ratio or for imaging applications where strong MT weighting is desired.