SNR of human sub-cutaneous fat tissue, bone marrow, joint fluid, cartilage and leg muscle in standard bSSFP and WS-bSSFP images at 3T.

The values were measured when the frequency excitation was shifted by 107Hz (corresponding to (3/4TR) with TR = 7ms) or not (OR) and for SOS2 or SOS4 reconstruction. The WS-bSSFP sequence was also combined with parallel imaging (SENSE 2 or 4) to reduce acquisition time. Acquisition time is shown in brackets under the sequence name.* represents p° represents p# represents p† represents pSNR of human sub-cutaneous fat tissue, bone marrow, joint fluid, cartilage and leg muscle in standard bSSFP and WS-bSSFP images at 3T.