Abstract #2474

Can Modified Look Locker Imaging (MOLLI) Provide Accurate T1 Values?

Mitchell Anthony Cooper¹,², Thanh Nguyen², Pascal Spincemaille², Martin R. Prince², Jonathan W. Weinsaft³, Yi Wang,¹²

¹Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States; ²Radiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, United States; ³Cardiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, United States

Here we systematically evaluate the inaccuracies of the MOLLI fitting method. We propose a new fitting method, bMOLLI, that utilizes the Bloch equations to model the SSFP signal evolution and account for the flip angle profile and inversion efficiency to provide accurate T1 estimates.