Non‐Cartesian balanced steady‐state free precession pulse sequences for real‐time cardiac MRI

To develop a new spiral‐in/out balanced steady‐state free precession (bSSFP) pulse sequence for real‐time cardiac MRI and compare it with radial and spiral‐out techniques.

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