A method of reducing artifacts in steady-state free precession (SSFP)
signals for use in magnetic resonance imaging is provided. A plurality of
SSFP imaging sequences is applied to an object. An imaging data for each
of the SSFP imaging sequences is acquired. The imaging data is combined
using a weighted combination where weights depend on a control parameter
that adjusts a trade-off between banding artifact reduction and signal to
noise ratio (SNR).