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Let’s talk about cardiac T1 mapping

Hafyane, T.·Karakuzu, A.·Duquette, C.·Mongeon, F. P.·Cohen Adad, J.·Jerosch Herold, M.·Friedrich, M. G.·Stikov, N.
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BackgroundRecent reports have shown that T1 mapping sequences agree in phantoms, but exhibit significant differences in vivo. To characterize these differences in the heart, one needs to consider the effects of magnetization transfer (MT) and the T2 relaxation time in the most commonly used cardiac T1 mapping sequences (MOLLI, ShMOLLI and SASHA).\n\nMethodsSix explanted pig hearts were scanned weekly over a period of six weeks on a 3T system with the MOLLI, ShMOLLI, SASHA sequences and an inversion recovery sequence as reference. The T1 bias was computed as the difference between MOLLI, ShMOLLI, SASHA and the reference T1 values. We applied robust correlation statistics to assess the relationships between T1, T2 and MT. All data are publicly available at: http://neuropoly.pub/pigHeartsData.\n\nResultsA systematic T1 bias was present for all sequences, with MOLLI and ShMOLLI underestimating T1 and SASHA slightly overestimating T1 compared to the reference. The correlation of T1 bias with T2 was weak and insignificant. However, MT showed significant associations with T1 bias for all sequences. Our analysis is also available at: http://neuropoly.pub/pigHeartsInteractive.\n\nConclusionWe investigated cardiac T1 mapping sequences in a setting that allowed us to explore their accuracy and their dependence on T2 and MT effects. The T2 effects were not significant, and could not explain the T1 bias of MOLLI, ShMOLLI, SASHA with respect to the reference. On the other hand, the T1 biases exhibited a strong correlation with MT. We conclude that inaccuracies in cardiac T1 mapping are primarily due to magnetization transfer.

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Hafyane, T., Karakuzu, A., Duquette, C., Mongeon, F. P., Cohen Adad, J., Jerosch Herold, M., Friedrich, M. G., Stikov, N.. 2018-06-12. Let’s talk about cardiac T1 mapping. https://doi.org/10.1101/343079

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