Figure 2From: Robust fat saturation applied to late enhancementShort-axis IR prepared images from the heart of a (a, d) healthy volunteer (w/o contrast, 1.5T, HR ≈60 bpm, TI 280 ms), (b, e) patient (w/contrast, 3.0T, HR ≈60 bpm, TI 290 ms), and (e, f) patient with pericardial enhancement (w/contrast, 1.5T, HR ≈80 bpm, TI 260 ms). The upper row images (a-c) were acquired with IR preparation only and the lower row images (d-f) were acquired with IR preparation and fat saturation. The new technique led to suppression of normal myocardium and fat signal (blue arrows) which avoided image wrapping of subcutaneous fat (e, yellow arrows) and better visualization of pericardial enhancement (f, red arrows).Back to article page