Fig. 5From: T2STIR preparation for single-shot cardiovascular magnetic resonance myocardial edema imagingImages from one AMI patient. The location of elevated T1 and T2 in the two parametric maps (Fig. 5(c) and (f))Â corresponded to edema. The dark core inside the edema/infarct in the late gadolinium enhancement (LGE, Fig. 5(e)) most likely corresponded to microvascular obstruction, which had both low T1 and T2 in the parametric maps. The position of the dark core within the edema/infarct in LGE matched well with the STIR-TSEÂ (Fig. 5(d)), T2STIR-bSSFPÂ (Fig. 5(a)) and T2p-bSSFPÂ (Fig. 5(b)) images. In the fat-suppressed T2STIR-bSSFP image, the tissue indicated by the yellow arrow was likely pericardial fluid (yellow arrow). In the T2p-bSSFP image, both epicardial fat and pericardial fluid were bright. The images of T2STIR-bSSFP and T2p-bSSFP were windowed to the same level to facilitate visual comparisonBack to article page