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Abstract #4589

Assessment of Liver Oxygenation with BOLD MRI at 3T. Feasibility Study

Peter Beddy1, Richard Black1, Lorenzo Mannelli2, Ilsa Joubert1, Andrew Priest1, David J. Lomas1

1Radiology, University of Cambridge and Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom; 2Radiology, University of Cambridge and Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom


BOLD MRI is a potential non-invasive method for assessing tissue oxygenation in a wide range of tissues. This work develops a method for oxygen challenge based BOLD imaging of the liver at 3T in a group of volunteers and demonstrates that acceptable results and low variability can be achieved using both breath-hold and respiratory triggered multi-echo gradient echo acquisitions.