Figure 7.

Comparison of signal-to-noise ratio in gray matter (GM) and white matter (WM) as the heat dissipation of the gradient sequences from section 4.2 is varied. The baseline, gradient sequence A, is the most intense gradient sequence and is assumed to require a repetition time $T_R^{\left(A\right)}$ to reach a sustainable average heat dissipation. The naïve gradient sequence consists of consecutive SDE sequences in each gradient direction and the resulting heat dissipation can thus be at most η_B = 1/3.