AbstractChemical shift imaging techniques are magnetic resonance imaging methods that separately map the spatial distribution of individual peaks or components in a complex NMR spectrum. A range of chemical shift imaging techniques based around the commonly employed spin‐echo Fourier imaging sequences is classified and described. The performance of the methods with regard to field dependence, chemical shift selectivity, signal‐to‐noise ratio, and imaging times is compared as a guide to selecting the most appropriate technique for a particular applic