Enhanced image quality in black‐blood MRI using the improved motion‐sensitized driven‐equilibrium (iMSDE) sequence

To propose an improved motion‐sensitized driven‐equilibrium (iMSDE) pulse sequence to enhance the tissue signal‐to‐noise ratio (SNR) while maintaining the same flow suppression capability in black‐blood carotid artery magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

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