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Abstract #4206

B1+ Inhomogeneity Effects on Clinical Liver Iron Quanitification at 1.5T and 3T

Eamon Doyle1, Nilesh R. Ghugre2, Krishna S. Nayak3, John Wood4

1University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States; 2Imaging Research, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada; 3Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States; 4Cardiology, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States


Monte Carlo simulation of iron-loaded liver tissue indicates that B1+ inhomogeneity may lead to inaccurate iron quantification due to increased R2 value estimates.