Abstract #2638
Eliminating the Impact of Myocardial Lipid Content on Myocardial T1 Mapping Using a Spectrally-Selective Inversion Pulse
Maryam Nezafat 1,2 , Sbastien Roujol 2 , Jihye Jang 2 , Tamer Basha 2 , and Ren M. Botnar 1
1
Kings College London, London, UK, United
Kingdom,
2
Beth
Israel Deacons Medical Center and Harvard Medical
School, Boston, MA, United States
Quantitative T1 mapping provides myocardial tissue
characterization for assessment of interstitial diffuse
fibrosis in cardiomyopathies. Various T1 mapping methods
with different acquisition scheme have been proposed to
sample the magnetization recovery curve. Presence of
fatty infiltration is common in many patients with
cardiomyopathies. However, current T1 measurements are
influenced by lipid contents in the myocardium. The aim
of our study is to develop a T1 mapping sequence which
eliminates the impact of fat presence on T1
measurements.
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