We test the reproducibility of human cardiac phosphorus MRS (31P‐MRS) at ultra‐high field strength (7 T) for the first time. The primary motivation of this work was to assess the… Click to show full abstract
We test the reproducibility of human cardiac phosphorus MRS (31P‐MRS) at ultra‐high field strength (7 T) for the first time. The primary motivation of this work was to assess the reproducibility of a ‘rapid’ 6½ min 31P three‐dimensional chemical shift imaging (3D‐CSI) sequence, which if sufficiently reproducible would allow the study of stress‐response processes. We compare this with an established 28 min protocol, designed to record high‐quality spectra in a clinically feasible scan time. Finally, we use this opportunity to compare the effect of per‐subject B0 shimming on data quality and reproducibility in the 6½ min protocol.
               
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