Joseph J. Suttie1, Lance DelaBarre2,
Greg J. Metzger2, Pierre Francois van de Moortele2,
Carl J. Snyder2, Peter Weale3, Stefan Neubauer1,
Matthew D. Robson1, J Thomas Vaughan2
1Department of Cardiovascular Medicine,
University of Oxford, Oxford Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research,
Headington, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom; 2University of Minnesota,
Radiology Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, Minneapolis, MN, United
States; 3Cardiovascular MR Research and Development, Siemens
Healthcare, Chicago, IL, United States
Clinical
cardiac imaging at 7 T is attractive for spectroscopy, coronary and perfusion
imaging. It offers improved signal and contrast to noise, provided technical
challenges of ECG and artifacts can be overcome. This study compares SSFP and
FLASH imaging at different field strengths: 1.5, 3 and 7 Tesla.