Assessment of Ventricular Function with Single Breath-Hold Real-Time Steady-State Free Precession Cine MR Imaging

• Published in: American journal of roentgenology (1976) Vol. 178; no. 3; pp. 731 - 735
• Main Authors: Barkhausen, Jorg, Goyen, Mathias, Ruhm, Stefan G, Eggebrecht, Holger, Debatin, Jorg F, Ladd, Mark E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Leesburg, VA Am Roentgen Ray Soc 01-03-2002; American Roentgen Ray Society
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiovascular system; Electrocardiography; Female; Heart Diseases - diagnosis; Heart Diseases - physiopathology; Humans; Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects); Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine - methods; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Radiodiagnosis. Nmr imagery. Nmr spectrometry; Ventricular Function, Left; Human; Heart disease; Cardiovascular disease; Medical imagery; Exploration; Real time processing; Left ventricle performance; Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging; Video recording
• ISSN: 0361-803X; 1546-3141
• DOI: 10.2214/ajr.178.3.1780731

The aim of our study was to evaluate whether a recently developed real-time steady-state free precession (trueFISP) cine sequence could be used to assess left ventricular function in a single breath-hold.
Using real-time trueFISP permits one to assess left ventricular function in a single breath-hold. The dramatic reduction in data acquisition time does require some compromises. The temporal and spatial resolutions of images obtained with real-time trueFISP were considerably lower than those achieved with segmented trueFISP. Further reduction of the TR or the use of sensitivity encoding could improve temporal resolution and eliminate other limitations of real-time trueFISP.