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01-12-2016 | Workshop presentation
Inline quantitative myocardial perfusion flow mapping
Authors:
Hui Xue, Michael S Hansen, Sonia Nielles-Vallespin, Andrew E Arai, Peter Kellman
Published in:
Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
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Special Issue 1/2016
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Excerpt
Quantification of myocardial blood flow (MBF) using first-pass perfusion MRI has potential to objectively evaluate ischemic heart disease. While considerable development and clinical research has been conducted during the past two decades on this topic, there lacks a perfusion flow mapping solution that runs on the MRI scanner and produces MBF maps immediately following the perfusion scan. To be effective in a clinical environment we identified following capabilities are needed: fully automated workflow, pixel-wise flow calculation, single-bolus contrast injection, complete free-breathing acquisition, rapid processing, and inline deployment. …