Abstract #2602

Assessment of Liver Iron Overload by Combining Fast T1-Mapping and T2*-Mapping

Christian Kremser¹, Benjamin Henninger¹, Stefan Rauch¹, Heinz Zoller², Wolfgang Vogel², Werner Jaschke¹, Michael Schocke¹

¹Dept. of Radiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria; ²Department of Internal Medicine II, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria

The assessment of liver iron overload by means of magnetic resonance imaging is usually based on the quantification of T2* values. It was the purpose of this study to investigate if a combination of T2* values and T1 values, obtained with a fast T1 mapping technique, could be beneficial for diagnosis.