Fig. 5: Ratio between weighted SSFP signal intensities integrated over the ± 1/2TR interval vs frequency-independent FT-NMR signal intensities as a function of the SSFP flip angle α, for a range of T1, T2 values.

Shown for completion is the Ernst angle used for various T1s (left), assuming in all cases a 2 Hz spectral resolution (see text for further details).