Abstract #2549
            Comparison of 3DQRS and VCG Approaches for MR Gating in 1.5T, 3T & 7T MRIs
                      T. Stan Gregory                     1                    , Ehud J Schmidt                     2                    , 						Shelley Hualei Zhang                     2                    , and Zion Tsz Ho Tse                     1          
            
            1
           
           University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United 
						States,
           
            2
           
           Brigham 
						and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
          
            
          Blood plasma electrolytes ejected into the aorta during 
						early systole interact with the strong magnetic field of 
						the MR scanner to produce a Magnetohydrodynamic-induced 
						voltage (VMHD). Electrocardiograms (ECG) recorded in the 
						presence of this magnetic field are overlaid with VMHD. 
						Resultant intermittent QRS detection is conventionally 
						compensated for by Vectorcardiogram (VCG) based gating 
						approaches. A multiple channel ECG-based 
						cross-correlation algorithm, the 3DQRS, has been 
						recently developed to achieve increased sensitivity in 
						QRS detection at high field strengths. A quantitative 
						comparison of the 3DQRS method and a VCG-based approach 
						at varying MRI field strengths was performed as an 
						assessment of robustness.
         
				
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