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Abstract #2474

Can Modified Look Locker Imaging (MOLLI) Provide Accurate T1 Values?

Mitchell Anthony Cooper1, 2, Thanh Nguyen2, Pascal Spincemaille2, Martin R. Prince2, Jonathan W. Weinsaft3, Yi Wang, 12

1Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States; 2Radiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, United States; 3Cardiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, United States

Here we systematically evaluate the inaccuracies of the MOLLI fitting method. We propose a new fitting method, bMOLLI, that utilizes the Bloch equations to model the SSFP signal evolution and account for the flip angle profile and inversion efficiency to provide accurate T1 estimates.

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