A Novel Method of Increasing the Contrast to Noise Ratio of Phase Images Using Balanced SSFP

Jongho Lee¹, Masaki Fukunaga¹, Jeff H. Duyn¹

A new method of generating phase contrast is proposed. Using balanced SSFP sequence a significant contrast to noise ratio improvement was achieved. Using this method, the line of Genari in the visual cortex was shown at 3 T in a high resolution.