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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