Abstract #3765

An Accurate and Quantitative T2 Mapping Technique to Detect Myocardial Edema in Acute Coronary Syndrome

Shivraman Giri¹, Georgeta Mihai¹, Ali Merchant¹, Xiaoming Bi², Yiu-Cho Chung³, Tam Tran¹, Subha V. Raman¹, Orlando P. Simonetti¹

¹The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA; ²Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc, Chicago, IL, USA; ³Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Columbus, OH, USA

In this study, we use an accurate and practical T2 Mapping technique to address some of shortcomings of T2-Weighted imaging to detect myocardial edema associated with acute coronary syndrome. This T2 mapping technique is shown to be insensitive to surface coil intensity variations and stagnant blood pool artifact and quantitatively differentiates regions of enhanced T2. Results with porcine models and patients are presented.