Abstract #4202

Applicability of K-T BLAST, K-T SENSE, K-T PCA and K-T PCA/SENSE for Tissue Phase Mapping in a Heart Phantom at 3T

Anja Lutz¹, Sebastian Kozerke², Jan Paul¹, Michael Schmucker¹, Axel Bornstedt¹, G Ulrich Nienhaus³, Wolfgang Rottbauer¹, Volker Rasche¹

¹University Hospital of Ulm, Ulm, BW, Germany; ²ETH Zrich, Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Zrich, Switzerland; ³Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, BW, Germany

Quantification of myocardial mechanics by tissue phase mapping (TPM) is supposed to provide an improved understanding of cardiac motion and to enable a detailed assessment of myocardial diseases such as cardiac asynchrony and dilated cardiomyopathy. A major limitation of TPM in clinical routine is the long acquisition time.