Technical - Emerging CMR Methods - Tissue Characterization-How Is Parametric Mapping Used at My Institution?

How Is Parametric Mapping Used at My Institution?

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The speaker describes how parametric mapping is used routinely in clinical cardiac MRI to improve tissue characterization. After explaining normal reference ranges and sequence considerations for T1, T2, and T2* mapping, he presents cases showing its value in diagnosing myocardial infarction, Fabry disease, myocarditis, amyloidosis, cardiac iron, arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy, and more. Mapping also helped avoid gadolinium in renal failure and guided follow-up of treatment response. Overall, he emphasizes that embedding mapping into everyday protocols adds important diagnostic information and should be used whenever possible.

Keywords

parametric mapping

cardiac MRI

tissue characterization

myocardial infarction

amyloidosis