Stromp, et al publish study in Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

Dr. Moriel Vandsburger, and his PhD candidate student, Ms. Tori Stromp, have published in the Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. Research was conducted here at the University of Kentucky alongside current and past members of the Saha Cardiovascular Research Center. Below is a conclusion of their study. (Click here to access the full article.)

“2-point bSSFP utilizes endogenous contrast mechanisms for gadolinium-free CMR imaging. In this study, we demonstrated across a range of patients’ strong association between 2-point bSSFP and standard of care LGE-CMR. Importantly, since MT-contrast is an endogenous mechanism, the sensitivity to changes in MT-weighting increases with spatial resolution. In addition, MT-contrast can be further increased with MT-preparation schemes not used in this initial study. In contrast, differences in native-T1 between healthy and diseased tissue cannot be further increased without increasing the magnetic field strength. With further development, MT-weighted CMR could potentially enable diagnostic imaging similar to LGE CMR without the use of gadolinium.”