Myocardial T1 and T2 mapping in diastolic and systolic phase

The aim of this study was to evaluate the regional (i.e. myocardial segments) variability as well as the overall image quality of cardiac T1 and T2 maps obtained in diastole and in systole. In 22 healthy subjects (group-1), diastolic T1 and T2 maps were obtained at 1.5T in short-axis view at basal,...

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Published in:The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging 2015-06, Vol.31 (5), p.1001-1010
Main Authors: Tessa, Carlo, Diciotti, Stefano, Landini, Nicholas, Lilli, Alessio, Del Meglio, Jacopo, Salvatori, Luca, Giannelli, Marco, Greiser, Andreas, Vignali, Claudio, Casolo, Giancarlo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Cardiac Imaging
Cardiology
Case-Control Studies
Diastole
Female
Heart Diseases - diagnosis
Heart Diseases - physiopathology
Humans
Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted
Imaging
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
Original Paper
Predictive Value of Tests
Radiology
Reproducibility of Results
Systole
Time Factors
Ventricular Function, Left
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Summary:The aim of this study was to evaluate the regional (i.e. myocardial segments) variability as well as the overall image quality of cardiac T1 and T2 maps obtained in diastole and in systole. In 22 healthy subjects (group-1), diastolic T1 and T2 maps were obtained at 1.5T in short-axis view at basal, mid-ventricular and apical level, as well as in 4-chamber (4ch) and in 2-chamber (2ch) views. In another group of 25 patients (group-2), the maps were obtained in both diastole and systole. In the group-1, 15.4 % of myocardial segments in T1 maps and 0.8 % of myocardial segments in T2 maps, mainly located at apical level, showed relevant artifacts and/or partial-volume effect and had to be discarded. We found no significant difference in T1 values among basal, mid-ventricular and apical segments. T2 values at apical level were significantly higher than at basal and mid-ventricular level (short-axis, p  
ISSN:1569-5794
1573-0743
1875-8312
DOI:10.1007/s10554-015-0639-5