Ultra‐fast Steady‐State Free Precession Pulse Sequence for Fourier Decomposition Pulmonary MRI

To assess whether ultra‐fast steady‐state free precession (ufSSFP) can improve image quality in Fourier decomposition (FD) MRI of lung ventilation and perfusion.

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