Figure 4

Fat/water phantom images acquired with (a) conventional slice-selective RF pulse with TR = 8.9 ms, (b) 1-(180°)-2-(180°)-1 with TR = 8.9 ms, (c) 1-(180°)-1 with TR = 6.5 ms, and (d) 1-(90°)-1 with TR = 4.0 ms, (e) 1-(90°)-1 with TR = 5.0 ms, (f) 1-(90°)-1 with TR = 5.6 ms. WE-SSFP cine sequences show successful suppression of the fat (mineral oil) signal with maintained steady-state water signal for all binomial WE pulses over a range of TR's.