Repeatability of Open-MOLLI: An open-source inversion recovery myocardial T1 mapping sequence for fast prototyping.

Magn Reson Med

Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica-Lisboa and Departamento de Bioengenharia, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.

Published: August 2024

Purpose: To develop an open-source prototype of myocardial T1 mapping (Open-MOLLI) to improve accessibility to cardiac T1 mapping and evaluate its repeatability. With Open-MOLLI, we aim to enable faster implementation and testing of sequence modifications and to facilitate inter-scanner and cross-vendor reproducibility studies.

Methods: Open-MOLLI is an inversion-recovery sequence using a balanced SSFP (bSSFP) readout, with inversion and triggering schemes based on the 5(3)3 MOLLI sequence, developed in Pulseq. Open-MOLLI and MOLLI sequences were acquired in the ISMRM/NIST phantom and 21 healthy volunteers. In 18 of those subjects, Open-MOLLI and MOLLI were repeated in the same session (test-retest).

Results: Phantom T1 values were comparable between methods, specifically for the vial with reference T1 value most similar to healthy myocardium T1 (T1 = 1027 ms): T1 = 1011 ± 24 ms versus T1 = 1009 ± 20 ms. In vivo T1 estimates were similar between Open-MOLLI and MOLLI (T1 = 1004 ± 33 ms vs. T1 = 998 ± 52 ms), with a mean difference of -17 ms (p = 0.20), despite noisier Open-MOLLI weighted images and maps. Repeatability measures were slightly higher for Open-MOLLI (RC = 3.0% vs. RC = 4.4%).

Conclusion: The open-source sequence Open-MOLLI can be used for T1 mapping in vivo with similar mean T1 values to the MOLLI method. Open-MOLLI increases the accessibility to cardiac T1 mapping, providing also a base sequence to which further improvements can easily be added and tested.

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