Optimizing dark blood late gadolinium enhancement in cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.
Hannah Bergman1, Alaine Berry1, and Ben Statton1
1MRC, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
Dark
blood late gadolinium enhancement imaging nulls both the blood pool and the
normal myocardium. Optimal image quality depends on a number of factors. This study sought
to determine whether gadolinium dose and delay time before imaging, affected
the nulling of the blood pool and myocardium.