How accurate is MOLLI T1 mapping in vivo? Validation by spin echo methods

Mitchell A Cooper1, Thanh D Nguyen2, Pascal Spincemaille2

  • 1Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America; Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America.

Plos One
|September 12, 2014
PubMed
Summary

Modified Look-Locker Inversion Recovery (MOLLI) cardiac T1 mapping shows significant in vivo T1 errors. Correcting for inversion efficiency significantly improves accuracy, crucial for assessing diffuse cardiomyopathies.