'''''Left ventricular mass (LVM) is used when expressing infarct or fibrosis as a percentage of the left ventricle (LV). Quantification of LVM is interchangeably carried out in cine steadystatefreeprecession (SSFP) and delayed enhancement (DE) magnetic ...'
'''''In this article, a shim method that minimizes the maximum off-resonance frequency (min-max shim) in balanced steady-statefreeprecession (bSSFP) is tested for brain imaging at 3 T with contrast and linear shim terms. The method demonstrates improvement ...'