Focus Session 6: MR Techniques and Methods: Non-Contrast CMR and New Contrast Mechanisms (2019)-Techniques for Non-Contrast Cardiovascular Imaging

Techniques for Non-Contrast Cardiovascular Imaging

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The speaker reviews the growing field of non-contrast cardiac MRI, highlighting advanced techniques for assessing ventricular function, perfusion, fibrosis, edema, iron overload, fat, and flow. While contrast-enhanced imaging remains highly useful, it can be limited by kidney disease and concerns about gadolinium. Non-contrast methods such as T1, T2, T2*, BOLD imaging, diffusion, MR fingerprinting, multitasking, and calcium imaging show strong promise for diagnosis and prognosis in ischemic heart disease, cardiomyopathies, and iron overload. The talk emphasizes that these techniques offer unique clinical value and need further validation before routine use.

Keywords

non-contrast cardiac MRI

ventricular function

T1 T2 T2* imaging

gadolinium-free imaging

cardiomyopathy diagnosis