Fig. 7
Accelerated high-resolution 3D BOOST and clinical 2D PSIR images obtained for four patients. (left) Bright-blood T2Prep BOOST coronal views for visualization of heart anatomy are displayed together with coronary reformats showing the left anterior descending (LAD), left circumflex (LCX), and right (RCA) coronary arteries. (middle) 3D black-blood PSIR BOOST images and (right) clinical bright-blood 2D PSIR images. Patient 1 had myocardial infarction and septal LGE uptake is visible in both PSIR BOOST and clinical 2D PSIR short-axis views (arrows). Patients 3, 4 and 5 had non-ischaemic cardiomyopathyies with no LGE uptake. Moreover, Patient 5 had a bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement, which is nicely depicted in the bright-blood T2Prep image (arrows)