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Abstract #3951

Fat Imaging and Suppression Techniques and Applications for Cardiac MRI

Karl K. Vigen1, Christopher J. Francois1, Scott K. Nagle1, 2, Mark L. Schiebler1, Scott B. Reeder1, 3

1Radiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States; 2Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States; 3Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering, and Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States

Suppression or direct imaging of fat in and around the heart is potentially useful for imaging several pathologies. Fat can be suppressed with techniques such as chemically-selective fat suppression, STIR, and triple-IR imaging. Direct fat visualization can be performed with chemically selective water suppression and chemical shift based water-fat separation methods. Applications for fat suppression and imaging include evaluation of chronic myocardial infarct and cardiac masses as well as improved visualization of structures such as the coronary arteries and pericardium.

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