Huiyu Qiao1, Shuo Chen1, Zihan Ning1, Hualu Han1, Rui Shen1, and Xihai Zhao1
1Center for Biomedical Imaging Research, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
1Center for Biomedical Imaging Research, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
This
study proposed a muscle referenced B1 mapping which could effectively adjust
the B1 inhomogeneity for a more accurate carotid T1 mapping using variable flip
angle imaging but without the need of additional B1 mapping scan.
Figure
1. The
flowchart of in-vivo data analysis for the T1 and B1 mapping calculation.
Figure 2. The
T1 values of left, right and both carotid vessel walls on the T1 mapping
without or with B1 correction.