Eugene G. Kholmovski1,
2, Sathya Vijayakumar1, 2, Nassir F. Marrouche2,
3
1UCAIR,
Department of Radiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United
States; 2CARMA Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT,
United States; 3Department of Cardiology, University of Utah, Salt
Lake City, UT, United States
A novel method for calculation of optimal TI value for LGE-MRI of the left atrium has been developed and validated. The results of the patient studies shown a great improvements in quality of LGE images of LA when this method was used to calculate inversion time of the scan.