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Table 2 Spoiled gradient echo versus bSSFP cine imaging.

From: Cardiovascular magnetic resonance physics for clinicians: part I

Cine imaging technique

Pulse sequence

Application

Cine gradient echo

Spoiled gradient echo

Fast Spoiled GRASS (FSPGR)

T1-TFE

turboFLASH

Function, qualitative flow assessment, flow jets, regurgitation

Cine SSFP imaging

Balanced SSFP

FIESTA

Balanced TFE

Segmented True FISP

Function, volumetric measurements