Late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) CMR is widely used for myocardial scar assessment.
Our laboratory at Cardiac MR Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is among a few selected sites where free-breathing 3D LGE imaging is routinely performed in all clinical patients for nearly a decade. In the article, we describe our current practice of LGE CMR in patient scans using a 3T MAGNETOM Vida scanner (Software version: NXVA20A). Specifically, 3D LGE is performed during free-breathing with navigator-based gating and slice-tracking for respiratory motion suppression.
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Reza Nezafat, Ph.D.
Cardiovascular MR Center,
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
330 Brookline Ave
Boston, MA 02215
USA
Cardiovascular MR Center,
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
330 Brookline Ave
Boston, MA 02215
USA