Abstract #2460
Tau i , A Metabolic Imaging Biomarker for Myocardium
William D Rooney 1 , Craig S Broberg 2 , and Charles S Springer, Jr. 1
1
Advanced Imaging Research Center, Oregon
Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United
States,
2
Division
of Cardiovascular Medicine, Oregon Health & Science
University, Portland, Oregon, United States
The mean intracellular water lifetime, tau
I
,
is inversely proportional to myocyte metabolic activity.
This biomarker is not available when tracer expressions
are used to analyze CA-enhanced myocardial T
1
data.
We show this with
in
vivo
data
from healthy control subjects.
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