Three-dimensional balanced steady state free precession myocardial perfusion cardiovascular magnetic resonance at 3T using dual-source parallel RF transmission: initial experience

Table 2 Pulse sequence parameters

	TGRE	bSSFP
TR	1.8 ms	2.2 ms
TE	0.70 ms	1.04 ms
Flip angle	15°	35°
RF Shimming	Yes (local)	Yes (local)
Partial Echo, Halfscan (Partial Fourier) in x-y and z planes	Yes 0.75/0.75	Yes 0.75/0.75
Spatial resolution	2.3 × 2.3 × 10 mm³	2.3 × 2.3 × 10 mm³
No slices	12	12
Acquisition	191 ms	211 ms
SAR	<30%	<88%

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