1. A magnetic resonance imaging system comprising: a plurality of gradient coils positioned about a bore of a magnet to impress a polarizing magnetic field and an RF transceiver system and an RF switch controlled by a pulse module to transmit RF signals to an RF coil assembly to acquire MR images; and a computer programmed to apply a pulse sequence designed to achieve simultaneous fat suppression and T 1 inversion recovery contrast in an MR image with uniform blood magnetization during MR data acquisition in an inhomogeneous B o field.