Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
567-05-001 ISMRM Abstract

Dark-Blood Late Gadolinium Enhancement Imaging with Unbalanced Steady-State Free Precession

Primary: Contrast Mechanisms - Novel Contrast Mechanisms
Secondary: Cardiovascular - Myocardium
567-05-001 · Novel Contrast Mechanisms I · Wednesday, 13 May, 4:00 PM–4:55 PM · Digital Posters Row H
Accepted
Bora Bozdag1,2, Tess E Wallace2,3, Manuel A Morales2, Patrick Pierce2, Scott Johnson2, Warren J Manning2, Robert Edelman4,5, Reza Nezafat 2
1Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
2Department of Medicine (Cardiovascular Division), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States of America
3Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc, Chicago, United States of America
4Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, United States of America
5Endeavor Health, Evanston, United States of America
Presenting Author: Reza Nezafat

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