1. A method of providing selective spectral suppression in balanced steady-state free procession (SSFP) magnetic resonance imaging for a first species and a second species, comprising: acquiring a plurality of balanced SSFP images, wherein each acquisition of a balanced SSFP image comprises, comprises: applying an alternating TR RF excitation, wherein the alternating TR RF excitation has a first TR and a second TR, wherein a period of the first TR (TR 1 ) is greater than a period of the second TR (TR 2 ); applying balanced magnetic gradients; acquiring an in-phase acquisition of the first and second species; acquiring an out-of-phase acquisition of the first and second species; and combining the in-phase acquisition and the out-of-phase acquisition to produce a combined image.