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Published in: Abdominal Radiology 6/2014

01-12-2014 | Pictorial Essay

Balanced steady state-free precession (b-SSFP) imaging for MRCP: techniques and applications

Authors: James F. Glockner, Christine U. Lee

Published in: Abdominal Radiology | Issue 6/2014

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Abstract

Balanced steady state-free precession (b-SSFP) pulse sequences have a number of properties which can be useful in magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP), including short acquisition times, high signal-to-noise ratios, and T2/T1 contrast weighting. The utility and versatility of b-SSFP sequences for MRCP imaging are probably underappreciated, and this pictorial essay briefly discusses benefits and limitations of 2D and 3D b-SSFP techniques used in place of or in addition to conventional single-shot fast spin echo or 3D fast spin echo acquisitions and illustrates their appearance in several clinical cases.
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Metadata
Title
Balanced steady state-free precession (b-SSFP) imaging for MRCP: techniques and applications
Authors
James F. Glockner
Christine U. Lee
Publication date
01-12-2014
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Abdominal Radiology / Issue 6/2014
Print ISSN: 2366-004X
Electronic ISSN: 2366-0058
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-014-0153-6

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