Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with mitigating off-resonance angle in steady-state coherent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are described. One example method includes accessing a B0 map and a coil sensitivity profile associated with an MRI apparatus configured to produce a steady-state coherent MRI sequence to image an object. The MRI apparatus is configured with a multi-channel transmission array having individually controllable transmission channels. The method includes computing transmission control parameters for individual transmission channels as a function of the B0 map and the coil sensitivity profile. The transmission control parameters are configured to facilitate controlling the transmission array to create a spatially varying phase profile using a single dimensional radio frequency (RF) pulse.