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Abstract #3499

Revisiting the Determination of Myocardial Perfusion by T1 Based ASL Methods Applying Look-Locker Readout

Thomas Kampf1, Xavier Helluy2, Christian Herbert Ziener3, Peter Michael Jakob2, Wolfgang Rudolf Bauer4

1Experimental Physics 5, Universtity of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Bavaria, Germany; 2Experimental Physics 5, University of Wuerzburg, Germany; 3Division of Radiology, German Cancer Research Center, Germany; 4Department of Internal Medicine I, Universitaetsklinikum Wuerzburg, Germany


The effect of the Look-Locker readout scheme on myocardial perfusion measurement applying ASL methods based on T1 mapping is investigated. Furthermore, the effect of partially inverting the left ventricular blood during the slice selective inversion is considered. Significant influence of each issue on the obtained perfusion is found.