Fig. 6From: Accelerated high-resolution free-breathing 3D whole-heart T2-prepared black-blood and bright-blood cardiovascular magnetic resonanceAccelerated high-resolution 3D BOOST and clinical 2D PSIR images for one representative patient with myocardial infarction. a Bright-blood T2Prep BOOST image (coronal view) and e corresponding reformatted image showing the LAD. b, f BOOST provides a black-blood PSIR image for LGE scar visualization (arrows), which shows good agreement with (d, h) clinical 2D PSIR. c, g Fusion between the bright-blood T2Prep BOOST and the black-blood PSIR BOOST images allows the assessment of scar location and transmurality. The signal from both blood and viable myocardium is nulled in black-blood PSIR BOOST images, thus providing images with good contrast between the blood pool and scar tissue. LGE uptake can be seen (arrows) in the short-axis views b, c, d, f, g, h of the mid (top) and basal (bottom) anterolateral walls. Clinical 2D PSIR and BOOST were acquired ~ 10 min and ~ 35 min post-contrast, respectivelyBack to article page