1.5.0T MR for cardiac imaging:Comparison with 3.0T MR
Lan LAN ; Naili YE ; Huijuan HU ; Wenbo SUN ; Rongqing SUN ; Gonghao LING ; Tingyi DU ; Xuan LI ; Xiaopeng SONG ; Haibo XU
Chinese Journal of Medical Imaging Technology 2024;40(5):661-665
Objective To observe the feasibility of 5.0T MR for cardiac imaging.Methods Three patients with heart diseases and 17 healthy volunteers were prospectively enrolled.Cardiac MR(CMR)cine sequence and black blood sequence imaging were performed using 5.0T and 3.0T MR scanner,respectively.The image quality and artifacts degrees were compared between 5.0T and 3.0T CMR images,and the consistency of left ventricular parameters obtained using 5.0T and 3.0T scanners was analyzed.Results No significant difference of image quality nor artifacts degrees was found between 5.0T and 3.0T CMR images(all P>0.05).The left ventricular end diastolic volume(EDV),end systolic volume(ESV),ejection fraction(EF),stroke volume(SV)and end diastolic mass(EDM)derived from cine images acquired at different fields were in a good agreement(all ICC>0.75,all P<0.001).Conclusion 5.0T MR could be used for cardiac imaging,with image quality of cine and black blood sequences comparable to that of 3.0T MR.