Robust myocardial T2 and T2* mapping at 3T

✍ Scribed by Arshad Zaman; David M Higgins; Marc Kouwenhoven; Ananth Kidambi; John P Greenwood; Sven Plein

• Publisher: BioMed Central
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 160 KB
• Volume: 14
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1097-6647
• DOI: 10.1186/1532-429x-14-s1-p306

✦ Synopsis

Myocardial hemorrhage can be assessed implementing T2 and T2* mapping techniques, however robust myocardial T2 and T2* mapping is challenging at 3T. The goal of this study was to test T2 and T2* myocardial mapping techniques at 3T, with potential improvement in image quality on a system employing B1 shimming, with two methods of for B0 shimming.