Multi-echo balanced SSFP with a sequential phase-encoding order for functional MR imaging at 7T.
Huilou LiangZiyi PanChencan QianChengwen LiuKaibao SunDehe WengJing AnYan ZhuoDanny J J WangHua GuoRong XuePublished in: Magnetic resonance in medicine (2022)
Sequential multi-echo bSSFP (ETL = 3) is suitable for fast fMRI with submillimeter in-plane resolution, and offers an option to accelerate bSSFP imaging without tSNR penalty like parallel imaging.