Contrast-optimal simultaneous multi-slice bSSFP cine cardiac imaging at 0.55 T.
Ye TianSophia X CuiYongwan LimNam Gyun LeeZiwei ZhaoKrishna Shrinivas NayakPublished in: Magnetic resonance in medicine (2022)
Contemporary 0.55 T MR scanners equipped with high-performance gradient systems allow the use of contrast-optimal FA for SMS accelerated bSSFP cine examinations without compromising image quality. The contrast-optimal FA was found to be 140° to 160° for single band and 100° to 120° for SMS 2 and 3.