Florian von Knobelsdorff-Brenkenhoff, Marcel Prothmann, Matthias A Dieringer, Ralf Wassmuth, André Rudolph, Wolfgang Utz, Julius Traber, Andreas Greiser, Thoralf Niendorf, Jeanette Schulz-Menger
BACKGROUND: Studying T1- and T2-mapping for discrimination of acute from chronic myocardial infarction (AMI, CMI). METHODS: Eight patients with AMI underwent CMR at 3 T acutely and after >3 months. Imaging techniques included: T2-weighted imaging, late enhancement (LGE), T2-mapping, native and post-contrast T1-mapping. Myocardial T2- and T1-relaxation times were determined for every voxel. Abnormal voxels as defined by having T2- and T1-values beyond a predefined threshold (T2 > 50 ms, native T1 > 1250 ms and post-contrast T1 < 350 ms) were highlighted and compared with LGE as the reference...
April 29, 2016: BMC Medical Imaging