Fabian Hezel1,
Gabriele Krombach2, Sebastian Kozerke3, Thoralf
Niendorf1,4
1Berlin Ultrahigh Field Facility,
Max-Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany; 2Department
of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital, RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany; 3Institute
for Biomedical Engineering, University and ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; 4Experimental
and Clinical Research Center (ECRC), Charit Campus Buch,
Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany
Myocardial
T2* mapping is proven value for the assessment of myocardial iron content and
tissue oxygenation. This study examines the feasibility of highly accelerated
fast-spin echo based T2* mapping. Acceleration is accomplished by (i) inner
volume imaging, (ii) regional saturation slab based blood suppression,(iii)
partial Fourier and (iv) k-t BLAST. A four-fold acceleration is feasible
without compromising image quality and the accuracy of calculated T2* values.