[2] Steady-state free precession imaging (SSFP) or balanced SSFP is an MRI technique which uses short repetition times (TR) and low flip angles (about 10 degrees) to achieve steady state of longitudinal magnetizations as the magnetizations does not decay completely nor achieving full T1 relaxation.
Fully balanced SSFP MRI sequences achieve a phase of zero by refocusing all imaging gradients.
MP-RAGE (magnetization-prepared rapid acquisition with gradient echo) [3] improves images of multiple sclerosis cortical lesions.
[4] At the end of the reading, the residual transverse magnetization can be terminated (through the application of suitable gradients and the excitation through pulses with a variable phase radiofrequency) or maintained.
[6] T2*-weighted imaging can be created as a postexcitation refocused gradient echo sequence with small flip angle.
[7] VIBE (volumetric interpolated breath-hold examination) is an MRI sequence that produces T1-weighted gradient echo images in three-dimensions (3D).