Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging at 7 TeslaDaniel Stäb 1,2, Aiman Al Najjar 1, Kieran O'Brien 1,3, Wendy Strugnell 4, Jonathan Richer 3, Jan Rieger 5, Thoralf Niendorf 5, Markus Barth 1
1The Centre for Advanced Imaging, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 2Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Clinic Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany, 3Siemens Healthcare Pty Ltd, Brisbane, Australia, 4Richard Slaughter Centre of Excellence in CVMRI, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Australia, 5MRI.Tools GmbH, Berlin, Germany
The sensitivity gain inherent to ultrahigh field magnetic resonance holds promise for high spatial resolution imaging of the heart. Here, we describe a protocol customized for functional cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) at 7 Tesla using an advanced multi-channel radio-frequency coil, magnetic field shimming and a triggering concept.
