STEAM-SASHA: a novel approach for blood- and fat-suppressed native T1 measurement in the right ventricular myocardium
STEAM-SASHA: a novel approach for blood- and fat-suppressed native T1 measurement in the right ventricular myocardium
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10.1007/s10334-023-01141-8
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2024-01
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M. Roehl;Miriam Conway;S. Ghonim;Pedro F. Ferreira;S. Nielles-Vallespin;Sonya V. Babu-Narayan;D. Pennell;Peter Gatehouse;Andrew D Scott
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M. Roehl;Miriam Conway;S. Ghonim;Pedro F. Ferreira;S. Nielles-Vallespin;Sonya V. Babu-Narayan;D. Pennell;Peter Gatehouse;Andrew D Scott
ObjectiveThe excellent blood and fat suppression of stimulated echo acquisition mode (STEAM) can be combined with saturation recovery single-shot acquisition (SASHA) in a novel STEAM-SASHA sequence for right ventricular (RV) native T1 mapping.Materials and methodsSTEAM-SASHA splits magnetization preparation over two cardiac cycles, nulling blood signal and allowing fat signal to decay. Breath-hold T1 mapping was performed in a T1 phantom and twice in 10 volunteers using STEAM-SASHA and a modified Look-Locker sequence at peak systole at 3T. T1 was measured in 3 RV regions, the septum and left ventricle (LV).ResultsIn phantoms, MOLLI under-estimated while STEAM-SASHA over-estimated T1, on average by 3.0% and 7.0% respectively, although at typical 3T myocardial T1 (T1 > 1200 ms) STEAM-SASHA was more accurate. In volunteers, T1 was higher using STEAM-SASHA than MOLLI in the LV and septum (p= 0.03,p= 0.006, respectively), but lower in RV regions (p> 0.05). Inter-study, inter-observer and intra-observer coefficients of variation in all regions were < 15%. Blood suppression was excellent with STEAM-SASHA and noise floor effects were minimal.DiscussionSTEAM-SASHA provides accurate and reproducible T1 in the RV with excellent blood and fat suppression. STEAM-SASHA has potential to provide new insights into pathological changes in the RV in future studies.