Figure 7

Locally enlarged images of a man aged 22 years obtained using cine bSSFP imaging: (a) without frequency calibration, (b) with frequency-scout calibration, and (c) with real-time 10-pt bSSFP-L BH calibration (324 ms after the ECG R-wave). The yellow pixels in (d-f) are considered dark-band artifacts within the manually selected LV ROI in (a-c). This comparison shows that both calibration methods, that is, frequency scout and real-time bSSFP-L, substantially reduced the dark-band artifacts.