Myocardial Fibrosis Assessment at 3-T versus 5-T Myocardial Late Gadolinium Enhancement MRI: Early Results
Yubo Guo, Lu Lin, Shihai Zhao, Gan Sun, Yuyan Chen, Ke Xue, Yuxin Yang, Shuo Chen, Yan Zhang, Guobin Li, Yanjie Zhu, Rozemarijn Vliegenthart, Yining Wang
Abstract
Fibrosis assessment performed using 5-T myocardial late gadolinium enhancement MRI had higher signal-to-noise and contrast-to-noise ratios compared with assessment performed at 3-T MRI, with no evidence of differences in subjective image quality and quantitative assessment.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineGadoliniumMyocardial fibrosisFibrosisMagnetic resonance imagingNuclear medicineRadiologyQuantitative assessmentInternal medicineMetallurgyMaterials scienceRisk analysis (engineering)Advanced MRI Techniques and ApplicationsCardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsUltrasound and Hyperthermia Applications