Comparison of the extent of delayed-enhancement cardiac magnetic resonance imaging with and without phase-sensitive reconstruction at 3.0 T.

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Date publication

juin 2007

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr BRUNOTTE François


Tous les auteurs :
Cochet A, Lalande A, Walker PM, Boichot C, Ciappuccini R, Cottin Y, Wolf JE, Brunotte F

Résumé

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate phase-sensitive reconstructed images versus magnitude images generated by an inversion recovery pulse sequence for the determination of myocardial infarct size in delayed-enhancement cardiac magnetic resonance (DE-CMR) at 3 T. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Thirty patients were examined at 3 T and DE images were obtained 10 minutes after contrast agent administration using a phase-sensitive breath-hold segmented inversion recovery gradient echo sequence. From magnitude and phase images, the percentage of hyperenhanced myocardium was expressed. Contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) measurements were performed in hyperenhanced and normal myocardium. RESULTS: We observed excellent correlation and concordance between hyperenhanced myocardium determined on phase-sensitive reconstructed and magnitude images. The mean CNR values were significantly higher in phase-sensitive reconstructed images compared with magnitude images (10.5 +/- 5.4 vs. 6.1 +/- 4.8; P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: DE-CMR with phase-sensitive reconstruction at 3.0 T provides similar results to magnitude images, but with a significantly greater CNR between infarcted and normal myocardium.

Référence

Invest Radiol. 2007 Jun;42(6):372-6.