Figure 1

T2 mapping scheme. Three images were acquired with different T2 preparation times with a gap of 2 RR intervals to allow for sufficient T1 recovery. Seven heartbeats were required for image acquisition performed during breath-hold. Trigger delay (TD) was adjusted for each of the three images to ensure that the readout was always in the same phase of cardiac cycle. The three acquired images were processed to fit the T2 decay curve at each pixel to yield a T2 map.