Magnetic Resonance Fingerprinting (MRF) acquisitions based on balanced Steady State Free Precession (bSSFP) with spiral trajectories produces higher signal noise to ratio (SNR) in comparison to the unbalanced version, nevertheless its usage is hider because of higher sensitivity to off-resonance artifacts. These artifacts affect the quality of parametric values. Here we propose a novel method to decrease these susceptibility distortions by means of spatial decorrelation. We show promising results where off-resonance artifacts were reduced in a realistic brain simulation and standardized T1/T2 phantom acquisition.
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