Karl Kristopher Vigen1, Huanzhou Yu2,
Chris J. Francois1, Ann Shimakawa2, Scott B. Reeder1,3
1Radiology, University of
Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States; 2Applied Science
Lab, GE Healthcare, Menlo Park, CA, United States; 3Medical
Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States
T2*
mapping has previously been investigated in cardiac imaging for iron overload
assessment and detection of myocardial BOLD effects. Advanced T2* measurement techniques have
been previously demonstrated with chemical shift-based fat-water separation
techniques in applications such as iron- and fat-content measurement in the
liver, and chemical shift-based fat-water decomposition methods have been used
to separate fat and water in cardiac imaging.
In this work, the feasibility of T2* mapping with chemical shift-based
fat-water decomposition in cardiac imaging is demonstrated.