Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Fingerprinting: Potential Clinical Applications

Purpose of Review Cardiac magnetic resonance fingerprinting (cMRF) has developed as a technique for rapid, multi-parametric tissue property mapping that has potential to both improve cardiac MRI exam efficiency and expand the information captured. In this review, we describe the cMRF technique, summ...

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Published in:Current cardiology reports 2023-03, Vol.25 (3), p.119-131
Main Authors: Eck, Brendan L., Yim, Michael, Hamilton, Jesse I., da Cruz, Gastao José Lima, Li, Xiaojuan, Flamm, Scott D., Tang, W. H. Wilson, Prieto, Claudia, Seiberlich, Nicole, Kwon, Deborah H.
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Language:English
Subjects:
Cardiac PET
Cardiology
Heart - diagnostic imaging
Heart Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
MRI
MRI (P Cremer
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Topical Collection on Cardiac PET
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Summary:Purpose of Review Cardiac magnetic resonance fingerprinting (cMRF) has developed as a technique for rapid, multi-parametric tissue property mapping that has potential to both improve cardiac MRI exam efficiency and expand the information captured. In this review, we describe the cMRF technique, summarize technical developments and in vivo reports, and highlight potential clinical applications. Recent Findings Technical developments in cMRF continue to progress rapidly, including motion compensated reconstruction, additional tissue property quantification, signal time course analysis, and synthetic LGE image generation. Such technical developments can enable simplified CMR protocols by combining multiple evaluations into a single protocol and reducing the number of breath-held scans. cMRF continues to be reported for use in a range of pathologies; however barriers to clinical implementation remain. Summary Technical developments are described in this review, followed by a focus on potential clinical applications that they may support. Clinical translation of cMRF could shorten protocols, improve CMR accessibility, and provide additional information as compared to conventional cardiac parametric mapping methods. Current needs for clinical implementation are discussed, as well as how those needs may be met in order to bring cMRF from its current research setting to become a viable tool for patient care.
ISSN:1523-3782
1534-3170
DOI:10.1007/s11886-022-01836-9