Whole-heart magnetic resonance imaging in 1 minute: Three-dimensional fast cardiac magnetic resonance imaging technique employing the non-Cartesian ultrashort echo time sequence.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Three-dimensional (3D) cardiovascular magnetic resonance angiography produces detailed images of the heart and its vascular surroundings. However, the technique is challenged in clinical settings for pediatric patients primarily due to the uncooperative nature of pediatric patients, especially those at young age. This work is to propose and assess a 1-minute 3D whole-heart cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging technique for pediatric patients with congenital heart diseases (CHD) based on a non-Cartesian gradient echo-based ultrashort echo time (UTE) sequence together with the ferumoxytol contrast.

Methods

Both the 3D fast whole-heart MRI sequence and the clinical 3D balanced steady-state free precession (bSSFP) whole-heart sequence were used for acquirin

SUBMITTER: Doctor P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12704292 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature