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.