TrueFISP - technical considerations and cardiovascular applications Fuchs, Friedrich; Laub, Gerhard; Othomo, Kuni 62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; NMR IMAGING; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; STEADY-STATE CONDITIONS Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) using steady-state free precession (SSFP) sequences was described in the early years of MR imaging. However, due to hardware imperfections, these techniques were not robust enough at the time to play any significant role in clinical MRI. More recently, significant hardware improvements became widely available, and the SSFP sequences such as TrueFISP (true fast imaging with steady-state precession) became very popular for a variety of clinical applications due to the distinct improvements in signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR). The purpose of this article is to give an overview on the basics of TrueFISP imaging and to demonstrate its potential for current clinical applications with a focus on cardiovascular MRI. Netherlands 2003-04-01 English Journal Article Journal Name: European Journal of Radiology; Journal Volume: 46; Journal Issue: 1; Other Information: PII: S0720048X02003303; Copyright (c) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); PBD: Apr 2003 Medium: X; Size: page(s) 28-32 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0720-048X(02)00330-3 [] 1 46 Journal ID: ISSN 0720-048X; EJRADR; TRN: NL03R5933033514 NLN 2010-12-31 20348673