Abstract #3278

Inline Myocardial T2* Mapping with Iterative Robust Fitting

Saurabh Shah¹, Hui Xue², Andreas Greiser³, Peter Weale¹, Taigang He⁴, David N. Firmin⁴, Dudley J. Pennell⁴, Sven Zhlsdorff¹, Jens Guehring³

¹Siemens Healthcare, Chicago, IL, United States; ²Siemens Corporate Research, Princeton, NJ, United States; ³Siemens AG, Erlangen, Germany; ⁴Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Myocardial T2* estimation using cardiac MRI is a valuable tool for non-invasive assessment of iron overload. In this study, a T2* measurement technique with automated inline T2* map generation is developed and tested in volunteers and patients with iron overload.