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Abstract #3230

Distortion of MOLLI Estimates of Myocardial T1 from Fatty Infiltration

Peter Andrew Hardy 1,2 , Vrinda Sardana 3 , Bruce Spottiswoode 4 , Vince Sorrell 3 , and Steve Leung 3

1 Radiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States, 2 MRISC, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States, 3 Cardiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States, 4 Siemens Medical Solution, Chicago, Illinois, United States

We investigated the dependence of the myocardial T1 measured using MOLLI upon the infiltration of the myocardium by fat. The off-resonance frequency of the lipid protons distorts the estimate of the relaxation time.

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