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Abstract #1443

T2-Weighted Fourier Velocity Encoding: in Vivo Vascular MR Oximetry

Joshua F. P. van Amerom1, 2, Christopher M. Wernik3, Venkat Ramanan4, Graham A. Wright, 34, Christopher K. Macgowan, 23

1Labatt Family Heart Centre, Div. of Cardiology, Dept. of Paediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada; 2Dept. Of Diagnostic Imaging, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada; 3Dept. of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; 4Imaging Research, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada

MR oximetry based on quantitative T2 measurement is a noninvasive technique for measuring blood oxygen saturation. In this study, we apply an improved technique, Magnetic resonance Oximetry with Velocity Encoding, in vivo. This technique uses Fourier velocity encoding to isolate moving blood from static tissue based on velocity.

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