Keywords: Myocardium, Cardiovascular, Acquisition Methods, Artifacts, Cardiovascular, Fat & Fat/Water Separation
Motivation: Assessment of myocardial fibrosis with late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) is crucial for patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIED), but imaging quality at 3T is often limited by device-induced artifacts and poor fat suppression.
Goal(s): To develop and evaluate a Dixon-based LGE sequence for scar imaging in CIED patients at 3T.
Approach: We compared dual-echo Dixon with fat-suppressed LGE in a phantom and twelve patients with CIEDs at 3T. Images were rated on artifact presence and quality of fat suppression.
Results: Dixon fat-water separation improved fat suppression in LGE imaging at 3T in patients with CIED.
Impact: This study demonstrates that high-quality LGE images can be obtained in patients with CIED at 3T using a high-bandwidth dual-echo Dixon LGE sequence, which provides better fat suppression than conventional spectral fat saturation.
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