Abstract #4196

The Use of Appropriate Calibration Curves Can Correct the Systematic Differences Between Softwares in Hepatic R2* Estimation

Antonella Meloni¹, Hugh Young Rienhoff², Amber Jones², Aessia Pepe¹, Massimo Lombardi¹, John C. Wood³

¹CMR Unit, Fondazione G. Monasterio CNR-Regione Toscana and Institute of Clinical Physiology, Pisa, Italy; ²FerroKin BioSciences, Inc, San Carlo, CA, United States; ³Division of Cardiology, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States

R2* values vary with post-processing method but yield statistically identical LIC values when technique-appropriate calibration curves are used. In the literature, R2* values should be converted into LIC values to facilitate comparisons across studies.