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Abstract #1418

Relaxometry Using Sequence SimuLation (RUSSL): Application to Myocardial T1-Mapping Using MOLLI

Venkat Ramanan1, Nilesh R. Ghugre1, Charles H. Cunningham1, Jeffrey A. Stainsby2, Kim A. Connelly1, 3, Alex Leber4, Graham A. Wright1

1Imaging Research, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; 2Applied Sciences Lab, GE Healthcare, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; 3Division of Cardiology, St Michael's Hospital , Toronto, Ontario, Canada; 4Division of Cardiology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

MOLLI is currently the favoured method for myocardial T1 mapping. It uses a

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