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Abstract #3630

Myocardial T1 During Multiple Bolus Injections

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.