Noncontrast free-breathing respiratory self-navigated coronary artery cardiovascular magnetic resonance angiography at 3 T using lipid insensitive binomial off-resonant excitation (LIBRE)

Table 1 MR sequence details and parameters

Parameter	FS	WE (1–180°-1)	LIBRE^a
RF duration (total in ms)	0.50	1.7	2.2^a
TE (ms)	1.6	2.3	2.5
TR (ms)	3.2	4.8	5.1
RF Pulse offset (Hz)	0	0	480
RF excitation angle (°)	18	18	18
T2 preparation duration (ms)	40	40	40
Matrix size	192³	192³	192³
Field of view	(220 mm)³	(220 mm)³	(220 mm)³

^aThe LIBRE pulse has a flexible duration and shorter variations are possible as indicated in [13]
FS CHESS fat saturation, LIBRE Lipid insensitive binomial off resonant excitation, RF radiofrequency, TE echo time, TR repetition time, WE water excitation

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