Effect of reduced sampling of MRI k-space on optimal diagnosis of myocarditis with T2 mapping

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to evaluate the effect of reduced sampling of MRI k-space on the diagnosis of myocarditis with T2 mapping. A MATLAB model of a digital cardiac phantom was altered from a different source to test which scan acceleration methods in terms of k-space sampling were effective. Results indicated that the reduced matrix sampling method allowed for effective diagnosis, much similar to T2 mapping without the implementation of any reduced k-space sampling methods.