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Abstract #1380

A Quantitative Comparison Between Slice-Followed and Non-Slice-Followed 3T BSSFP CSPAMM Myocardial Motion Tracking

Hlne Feliciano1, 2, Davide Piccini3, 4, Joost P. A. Kuijer5, Matthias Stuber1, 2

1Department of Radiology, University Hospital (CHUV) and University of Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland; 2Center for Biomedical Imaging (CIBM), Lausanne, Switzerland; 3Department of Radiology, University Hospital (CHUV) and University of Lausanne (UNIL) / Center for Biomedical Imaging (CIBM), Lausanne, Switzerland; 4Advanced Clinical Imaging Technology, Siemens Healthcare IM S AW, Lausanne, Switzerland; 5Dept. Physics and Medical Technology, ICaR-VU, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands

In this work, slice following capabilities were added to a pre-existing CSPAMM bSSFP tagging sequence and tested on a 3T clinical scanner. Validation in static and moving phantoms plus SNR and tag-CNR comparisons was performed. Subsequently, and because of systolic base-to-apex long axis shortening in vivo, we tested the hypothesis that there exist significant differences in quantitative short axis strain and rotation measurements between slice-followed and non-slice-followed CSPAMM acquisitions.

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