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Myocardial extracellular volume imaging allows quantitative assessment of atypical late gadolinium enhancement

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: Late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) images by cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) display relative differences in gadolinium concentration in the myocardium. There are many factors influencing signal intensity in LGE images such as: non-linearity between gadolinium concentration and signal intensity, inversion time, contrast dose, renal clearance, and timing of imaging after contrast injection. While these factors are not typically problematic in infarct imaging, conditions with more subtle changes in the myocardium can be more difficult to interpret.

Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

DOI: 10.1186/1532-429x-12-s1-p100

Authors: Martin Ugander, Abiola J Oki, Peter Kellman, Anthony H Aletras, Andrew E Arai

Institution: National Institutes of Health

Language: English

Topic: Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics

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