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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Acoustic cardiac triggering: a practical solution for synchronization and gating of cardiovascular magnetic resonance at 7 Tesla |
| Creators Name: | Frauenrath, T. and Hezel, F. and Renz, W. and de Geyer, T. and Dieringer, M. and von Knobelsdorff-Brenkenhoff, F. and Prothmann, M. and Schulz-Menger, J. and Niendorf, T. |
| Abstract: | Background To demonstrate the applicability of acoustic cardiac triggering (ACT) for imaging of the heart at ultrahigh magnetic fields (7.0T) by comparing phonocardiogram, conventional vector electrocardiogram (ECG) and traditional pulse oximetry (POX) triggered 2D CINE acquisitions together with (i) a qualitative image quality analysis, (ii) an assessment of the left ventricular function parameter and (iii) an examination of trigger reliability and trigger detection variance derived from the signal waveforms. Results ECG was susceptible to severe distortions at 7.0T. POX and ACT provided waveforms free of interferences from electromagnetic fields or from magneto-hydrodynamic effects. Frequent R-wave mis-registration occurred in ECG-triggered acquisitions with a failure rate of up to 30% resulting in cardiac motion induced artifacts. ACT and POX triggering produced images free of cardiac motion artefacts. ECG showed a severe jitter in the R-wave detection. POX also showed a trigger jitter of approximately t=72ms which is equivalent to two cardiac phases. ACT showed a jitter of approximately t=5ms only. ECG waveforms revealed a standard deviation for the cardiac trigger offset larger than that observed for ACT or POX waveforms. Image quality assessment showed that ACT substantially improved image quality as compared to ECG (image quality score at end-diastole: ECG=1.7+/-0.5, ACT=2.4+/-0.5, p=0.04) while the comparison between ECG vs. POX gated acquisitions showed no significant differences in image quality (image quality score: ECG=1.7+/-0.5, POX=2.0+/-0.5, p=0.34). Conclusions The applicability of acoustic triggering for cardiac CINE imaging at 7.0T was demonstrated. ACT's trigger reliability and fidelity are superior to that of ECG and POX. ACT promises to be beneficial for cardiovascular magnetic resonance at ultra-high field strengths including 7.0T. |
| Keywords: | Artifacts, Cardiac-Gated Imaging Techniques, Cine Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Computer-Assisted Image Interpretation, Left Ventricular Function, Oximetry, Phonocardiography, Predictive Value of Tests, Reproducibility of Results, Vectorcardiography |
| Source: | Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance |
| ISSN: | 1097-6647 |
| Publisher: | BioMed Central |
| Volume: | 12 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Page Range: | 67 |
| Date: | 16 November 2010 |
| Official Publication: | https://doi.org/10.1186/1532-429X-12-67 |
| PubMed: | View item in PubMed |
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