Peter Beddy1, Richard Black1,
Lorenzo Mannelli2, Ilsa Joubert1, Andrew Priest1,
David J. Lomas1
1Radiology, University of Cambridge and
Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom; 2Radiology,
University of Cambridge and Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
BOLD
MRI is a potential non-invasive method for assessing tissue oxygenation in a
wide range of tissues. This work
develops a method for oxygen challenge based BOLD imaging of the liver at 3T
in a group of volunteers and demonstrates that acceptable results and low variability
can be achieved using both breath-hold and respiratory triggered multi-echo
gradient echo acquisitions.