Christian Stehning1, Timothy Lockie2,
Eike Nagel3, Masaki Ishida3, Sven Plein3
1Philips Research Europe, Hamburg,
Germany; 2Cardiovascular Division, King's College, London, United
Kingdom; 3Division of Imaging Sciences, King's College, London,
United Kingdom
MR
first pass perfusion imaging via the dynamic enhancement after intravenous
contrast injection has become a valuable clinical tool for the assessment of
myocardial perfusion. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether
such a saturation effect of myocardial T1 has to be taken into account in
MR-based perfusion studies involving multiple injections of Gd-DTPA.
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