%0 Journal Article
%@ 1532-429X
%A Zhou, Xiangzhi 
%A Rundell, Veronica
%A Liu, Ying
%A Tang, Richard
%A Giri, Shivraman
%A Shah, Saurabh
%A Tsaftaris, Sotirios A.
%A Zuehlsdorff, Sven
%A Simonetti, Orlando
%A Li, Debiao
%A Dharmakumar, Rohan
%D 2010
%F eprints:837
%I Society for cardiovascular magnetic resonance
%J Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance
%N Suppl 
%P O19
%T On the mechanism of myocardial edema contrast in T2-STIR images
%U http://eprints.imtlucca.it/837/
%V 12
%X Acute myocardial infarcts (AMI) are typically discriminated with T2-STIR imaging [1], albeit with limited specificity [2]. Guided by the association that T2-STIR images identify AMI territories on the basis of edema-related T2 changes, even some of the recently proposed improvements [2,3] have relied on preferential sensitization of magnetization to T2-weighting. However, whether T2-STIR imaging itself may also be sensitive to other sources of contrast have not been fully investigated.
%Z from 13th Annual Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, Scientific Sessions.  Phoenix, AZ, USA. 21-24 January 2010