TY  - GEN
A1  - Tkachenko, Valeriy
A1  - von Knobelsdorff-Brenkenhoff, Florian
A1  - Kleindienst, Denise
A1  - Winter, Lukas
A1  - Rieger, Jan
A1  - Frauenrath, Tobias
A1  - Dieringer, Matthias A.
A1  - Santoro, Davide
A1  - Niendorf, Thoralf
A1  - Schulz-Menger, Jeanette
T1  - Cardiovasular MR at 7Tesla: assessment of the right ventricle
T2  - 2012 ISMRM Annual Meeting Proceedings
N2  - The assessment of the right ventricle (RV) is a challenge in today's cardiology, but of growing clinical impact regarding patient prognosis in different cardiac diseases. The detection and differentiation of small wall motion abnormalities may help to enhance the differentiation of cardiomyopathies including Arrhythmogenic Rightventricular Cardiomyopathy. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) at 1.5T is the accepted gold standard for RV quantification. The higher spatial resolution achievable at ultrahigh field strength (UHF) offers the potential to gain new insights into the structure and function of the RV. To approach this goal accurate RV chamber quantification at 7T has to be proven. Consequently this study examines the feasibility of assessment of RV dimensions and function at 7T using improved spatial resolution enabled by the intrinsic sensitivity gain of UHF CMR. For this purpose, a dedicated 16 channel TX/RX RF coil array is used together with 2D CINE fast gradient echo (FGRE) imaging. For comparison RV chamber quantification is conducted at 1.5T using a SSFP based state of the art clinical protocol.
Y1  - 2012
SN  - 1545-4428
N1  - ISMRM 20th Annual Meeting & Exhibition, 5-11 May 2012, Melbourne, Australia
ER  -