Abstract #3717

ShMOLLI: Shortened Modified Look Locker Inversion Recovery for Cardiac T1 Mapping from Theory to Normal Human Myocardium

Stefan K. Piechnik¹, Vanessa M. Ferreira², Erica Dall'Armellina², Lowri E. Cochlin³, Stefan Neubauer², Matthew D. Robson²

¹Cardiovascular Medicine, OCMR, Oxford University , Oxford, Oxfordshire, United States; ²Cardiovascular Medicine, OCMR, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United States; ³Dept of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United States

We propose a cardiac T1-mapping method based on sequential Look-Locker measurements with conditional reconstruction of incomplete recovery periods. This new method assures that robust T1 mapping can be achieved in a 9 heartbeat breath-hold with accuracy comparable to existing methods.