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Cardiac Mapping & Viability Imaging

Learn about cardiac mapping and viability imaging, which are application-specific cardiac protocols built on established sequence families.

MOLLI

  • Design: IR-prepared bSSFP Look-Locker acquisition.
  • Key characteristics: Quantitative myocardial T1 mapping.
  • Clinical applications: Cardiac tissue characterization.
  • Vendors: All vendors MOLLI.

T2-prepared SSFP

  • Design: T2-preparation module preceding bSSFP readout.
  • Key characteristics: Controlled T2 weighting combined with high SNR efficiency; enables quantitative T2 mapping.
  • Clinical applications: Myocardial T2 mapping, edema assessment.
  • Vendors:
    • GE: T2-prep SSFP
    • Siemens: T2-prep TrueFISP
    • Philips: T2-prep b-TFE
    • Canon: T2-prep SSFP
    • Fujifilm: T2-prep SSFP

Perfusion imaging (GRE)

  • Design: Saturation-prepared spoiled GRE during contrast passage.
  • Key characteristics: High temporal resolution for first-pass kinetics.
  • Clinical applications: Myocardial perfusion imaging.
  • Vendors:
    • GE: Perfusion GRE
    • Siemens: FLASH Perfusion
    • Philips: FFE Perfusion
    • Canon: GRE Perfusion
    • Fujifilm: GRE Perfusion

TI Scout

  • Design: IR-prepared spoiled GRE with multiple inversion times.
  • Key characteristics: Determines optimal inversion time for LGE imaging.
  • Clinical applications: Cardiac protocol planning.
  • Vendors: All vendors TI Scout.

Late Gadolinium Enhancement (LGE)

  • Design: ECG-triggered IR-prepared spoiled GRE.
  • Key characteristics: Nulls healthy myocardium to reveal fibrosis.
  • Clinical applications: Myocardial scar imaging.
  • Vendors: All vendors LGE.