Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
467-04-011 ISMRM Abstract

Free-breathing fast 3D whole-heart cardiac CEST imaging at 3T

Primary: Acquisition & Reconstruction - Pulse Sequence Design and Spatial Encoding Methods
Secondary: Cardiovascular - Myocardium
467-04-011 · Cardiovascular Imaging and Motion Correction Strategies · Tuesday, 12 May, 2:35 PM–3:30 PM · Digital Posters Row H
Keywords: Cardiac MRI CEST MRI
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Chushu Shen 1,2, Hsu-Lei Lee1, Yunfan Zou1,2, Kexin Wang3,4,5, Anthony G Christodoulou2,6,7,8,9, Kim-Lien Nguyen2,6,7,8,9, Hsin-Jung Yang1, Yibin Xie1, Debiao Li1,2
1Biomedical Imaging Research Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, United States of America
2Department of Bioengineering, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States of America
3Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States of America
4Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States of America
5Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States of America
6Department of Radiological Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, United States of America
7Physics and Biology in Medicine Graduate Program, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States of America
8Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States of America
9Division of Cardiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, United States of America
Presenting Author: Chushu Shen

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