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Impact of the dark rim artifact on quantification of myocardial perfusion and perfusion reserve from ssfp first pass images

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: The measurement of myocardial perfusion by magnetic resonance imaging can be confounded by the Dark Rim Artifact (DRA). It appears as signal loss in a rim of pixels in the subendocardium at the boundary between the myocardium and LV blood. It has been shown that the DRA has similar severity in stress and rest perfusion images and occurs most frequently in images acquired with the Steady State Free Precession (SSFP) pulse sequence (1, 2).

Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

DOI: 10.1186/1532-429x-12-s1-p253

Authors: Raphael D Hazel, Nathaniel Reichek, Yi Wang

Institution: St. Francis Hospital

Language: English

Topic: Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications

Subfield: Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $3,000