Thanh D. Nguyen1,
Mitchell A. Cooper, 12, Pascal Spincemaille1, Jonathan
W. Weinsaft3, Martin R. Prince1, Yi Wang1,
2
1Radiology,
Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, United States; 2Biomedical
Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States; 3Cardiology,
Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, United States
We propose to develop an inversion recovery single shot fast spin echo based T1 mapping sequence called Variable Angle Long Echo train Relaxometric Imaging (VALERI). This technique provides more accurate T1 when compared with the more widely used Modified Look Locker Imaging (MOLLI) sequence.