Fig. 3From: Cardiovascular magnetic resonance patterns of biopsy proven cardiac involvement in systemic sclerosisDepicts pathologic type 3 nulling pattern of myocardium in inversion time localizer in a male patient according to Pandey et. al. [21]. Images depict a basal short-axis slice with different inversion times (TI): a TI 80 ms; b TI 160 ms; c TI 240 ms; d TI 320 ms. Myocardium (arrow) and blood pool (star) null simultaneously, followed by the spleen (arrowhead). This phenomenon indicates diffuse gadolinium enhancement in the myocardium and leads to insufficient contrast in LGE imaging as shown in Fig. 2. LGE: Late Gadolinium Enhancement Back to article page