Table 1.

Unwanted Signal, Mean, and Standard Deviation in First 30 Repetitions, and at Repetition 60 for Simulations and 176 for Phantom to Represent the Steady State^a

			Transition to steady‐state unwanted signal (Mean ± SD) (%)		Steady‐state unwanted signal (%)
Method	Field	RF spoiling phase	Constant	3D hexagonal	Constant	3D hexagonal
S imulation	1.5 T	123 °	62 ± 66	8 ± 11	30	4
		117 °	58 ± 61	8 ± 11	32	4
		50 °	55 ± 64	5 ± 7	22	2
		0 °	147 ± 72	24 ± 23	139	26
Phantom	1.5 T	50 °	62 ± 70	11 ± 8	38	12
		0 °	91 ± 68	23 ± 19	170	34
Simulation	7 T	50 °	40 ± 130	0 ± 20	20	2
Phantom	7 T	50 °	170 ± 140	14 ± 10	42	9

^aAll results reported from 60 ° flip angle experiments and T₁ and T₂ of peanut oil and a peanut oil phantom.