PMID- 28050692 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180305 LR - 20200330 IS - 1432-1084 (Electronic) IS - 0938-7994 (Linking) VI - 27 IP - 8 DP - 2017 Aug TI - Effect of inversion time on the precision of myocardial late gadolinium enhancement quantification evaluated with synthetic inversion recovery MR imaging. PG - 3235-3243 LID - 10.1007/s00330-016-4665-z [doi] AB - OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the influence of inversion time (TI) on the precision of myocardial late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) quantification using synthetic inversion recovery (IR) imaging in patients with myocardial infarction (MI). METHODS: Fifty-three patients with suspected prior MI underwent 1.5-T cardiac MRI with conventional magnitude (MagIR) and phase-sensitive IR (PSIR) LGE imaging and T1 mapping at 15 min post-contrast. T1-based synthetic MagIR and PSIR images were calculated with a TI ranging from -100 to +150 ms at 5-ms intervals relative to the optimal TI (TI(0)). LGE was quantified using a five standard deviation (5SD) and full width at half-maximum (FWHM) thresholds. Measurements were compared using one-way analysis of variance. RESULTS: The MagIR(sy) technique provided precise assessment of LGE area at TIs >/= TI(0), while precision was decreased below TI(0). The LGE area showed significant differences at