Measurement reproducibility of slice-interleaved T1 and T2 mapping sequences over 20 months: A single center study

Jihye Jang, Long H Ngo, Gabriella Captur, James C Moon and Reza Nezafat

PLOS ONE, 2019, vol. 14, issue 7, 1-19

Abstract: Background: Quantifying reproducibility of native T1 and T2 mapping over a long period (> 1 year) is necessary to assess whether changes in T1 and T2 over repeated sessions in a longitudinal study are associated with variability due to underlying tissue composition or technical confounders. Objectives: To carry out a single-center phantom study to 1) investigate measurement reproducibility of slice-interleaved T1 (STONE) and T2 mapping over 20 months, 2) quantify sources of variability, and 3) compare reproducibility and measurements against reference spin-echo measurements. Methods: MR imaging was performed on a 1.5 Tesla Philips Achieva scanner every 2–3 weeks over 20 months using the T1MES phantom. In each session, slice-interleaved T1 and T2 mapping was repeated 3 times for 5 slices, and maps were reconstructed using both 2-parameter and 3-parameter fit models. Reproducibility between sessions, and repeatability between repetitions and slices were evaluated using coefficients of variation (CV). Different sources of variability were quantified using variance decomposition analysis. The slice-interleaved measurement was compared to the spin-echo reference and MOLLI. Results: Slice-interleaved T1 had excellent reproducibility and repeatability with a CV

Date: 2019
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