1. A method of reducing artifacts in steady state free precession (SSFP) signals for use in magnetic resonance imaging comprising the steps of: a) applying a plurality of SSFP imaging sequences to an object to be imaged, b) acquiring image data for each of the SSFP imaging sequences, c) weighting the image data to emphasize higher signals, d) combining the weighted image data, and e) establishing an image signal based on the combined weighted image data.