Sanne de Jong1, Jaco J. M. Zwanenburg2,3,
Fredy Visser2,4, Roel van Der Nagel1, Harold V. M. van
Rijen1, Marc A. Vos1, Jacques M. T. de Bakker1,5,
Peter R. Luijten2
1Department of Medical
Physiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands; 2Department
of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands; 3Image
Sciences Institute, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands; 4Philips
Healthcare, Best, Netherlands; 5Interuniversity Cardiology
Institute of the Netherlands, Utrecht
This study is aimed to detect fibrosis in infarcted and control rat hearts by using ultrashort TE (UTE) MRI. The results are compared with histology as a golden standard. For the first time it is shown that the use of UTE MRI can be used for the direct detection of postinfarction collagen formation.