Cardiac T2-mapping is ideal for assessing myocardial edema resulting from events, such as, acute myocardial infarction, myocarditis and tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy. While many T2mapping sequences exist, most have design shortcuts that degrade their consistency, accuracy and prognostic value. T2maps captured at end-systole (ES) have maximum wall thickness and fewest artifacts and 4-point T2 curve-fits provide good T2 estimates. We present an Adiabatic T2-Prep Mapping sequence that produces accurate 4-point T2maps at ES within a 22-second breath hold at 3T. Pretesting on phantoms and in vivo validation on healthy human volunteers presented superior results.
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