Two-center validation of Pilot Tone based cardiac triggering of a comprehensive cardiovascular magnetic resonance examination

Y Pan, J Varghese, MS Tong, VO Yildiz, A Azzu… - … International Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
The electrocardiogram (ECG) signal is prone to distortions from gradient and radiofrequency
interference and the magnetohydrodynamic effect during cardiovascular magnetic …

[HTML][HTML] Trajectory correction enables free-running chemical shift encoded imaging for accurate cardiac proton-density fat fraction quantification at 3 T

P Daudé, T Troalen, ALC Mackowiak, E Royer… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Metabolic diseases can negatively alter epicardial fat accumulation and
composition, which can be probed using quantitative cardiac chemical shift encoded (CSE) …

Preliminary Experience with Three Alternative Motion Sensors for 0.55 Tesla MR Imaging

R Tibrewala, D Brantner, R Brown, L Pancoast… - Sensors, 2024 - mdpi.com
Due to limitations in current motion tracking technologies and increasing interest in
alternative sensors for motion tracking both inside and outside the MRI system, in this study …

[HTML][HTML] Combined free-running four-dimensional anatomical and flow magnetic resonance imaging with native contrast using Synchronization of Neighboring …

MBL Falcão, ALC Mackowiak, GMC Rossi… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
ABSTRACT Background Four-dimensional (4D) flow magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
often relies on the injection of gadolinium-or iron-oxide-based contrast agents to improve …

Combined Free-running 4D anatomical and flow MRI with native contrast using Synchronization of Neighboring Acquisitions by Physiological Signals (SyNAPS).

MBL Falcão, ALC Mackowiak, G Rossi… - Journal of …, 2024 - boris.unibe.ch
BACKGROUND 4D flow MRI often relies on the injection of gadolinium-or iron-oxide-based
contrast agents to improve vessel delineation. In this work, a novel technique is developed …

Fat-free noncontrast whole-heart CMR with fast and power-optimized off-resonant water excitation pulses

ALC Mackowiak, D Piccini… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Background: Cardiovascular MRI (CMR) faces challenges due to the interference of bright
fat signals in visualizing anatomical structures. Effective fat suppression is crucial when …

SPARCQ: a new approach for fat fraction mapping using asymmetries in the phase‐cycled balanced SSFP signal profile

GMC Rossi, ALC Mackowiak… - Magnetic resonance …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Purpose To develop SPARCQ (Signal Profile Asymmetries for Rapid Compartment
Quantification), a novel approach to quantify fat fraction (FF) using asymmetries in the phase …

Pilot tone-guided focused navigation for free-breathing whole-liver fat-water and T2* quantification

ALC Mackowiak, CW Roy, MBL Falcão… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Purpose To achieve whole-liver motion-corrected fat fraction (FF) and R2* quantification with
a 3-minute free-breathing (FB) 3D radial isotropic acquisition, for increased organ coverage …