Morphological Cardiac MR at 7T
Thoralf Niendorf1
1Max-Delbrueck Ctr for Molecular Medicine, Germany
Synopsis
Target audience
(Clinical) scientists interested in cardiac MR at 7T
Objectives
One of the unique characteristics of cardiac MR is its potential to provide detailed information about the morphology of the
myocardium. The use of 7T instead of 1.5T or 3T promises better spatial and
temporal resolution thanks to the higher achievable signal-to-noise-ratio.
During the last years, hardware (like coils and triggers) was invented that enabled cardiac imaging at 7T. Pilot-studies reported the feasibility of e.g. cine
imaging of the heart in healthy and diseased subjects, and recent developments
demonstrated the potential of myocardial tissue characterization by using e.g.
cardiac T2* mapping and sodium imaging. This presentation provides a summary of
the current scientific achievements regarding morphological cardiac MR at 7T.
Acknowledgements
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Proc. Intl. Soc. Mag. Reson. Med. 24 (2016)
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