AutoCMR: democratizing access to cardiac MRI with a push-button 4D isotropic whole thoracic automated exam
Motivation: With complicated protocols requiring specialized training for both acquisition and analysis, access to cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is generally limited to academic hospitals. Goal(s): Our goal is to provide a push-button CMR exam (AutoCMR) with 4D isotropic cine and delayed enhancement imaging and integrated analysis that can be deployed in a community setting. Approach: AutoCMR was compared to clinical CMR for 100 patients at an academic hospital and 10 patients at a community health center with no prior CMR capability. Results: AutoCMR brought cardiac imaging to a community hospital, providing images, functional analysis, and tissue characterization that were comparable to clinical CMR. Impact: Our 4D isotropic AutoCMR exam enables cardiac MRI with functional analysis and tissue characterization at the push of a button, demonstrating potential to improve access by facilitating cardiac MRI at academic hospitals and community health centers alike.
Authors
- David Y. Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3681-6576)
- Michael A. Bolen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0403-8343)
- Stephen Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2302-5537)
- Yuncong Mao
- Danielle Kara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8369-798X)
- Christopher Nguyen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3347-1530)
- Daniel Lockwood
- W.H. Wilson Tang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8335-735X)
- Yea-Lyn Pak
- Makiya Nakashima
- Debkalpa Goswami (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6698-0027)
- Angel Houston
- Kashyap Bodi
- Hoa Quang Le
- Mary Robakowski
- Shi Chen
- Deborah Kwon
- Thomas Garrett
- Dingheng Mai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5055-3231)
- Ashmita Deb
- Fayez Kanj
- Kathy Kohut
- Mohsen Darayi
- Daniel Wee
- Tassia Ribeiro Salles Moura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1847-4049)
- Heather Kohut
Publication Details
- Journal
- Proceedings on CD-ROM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Scientific Meeting and Exhibition/Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Scientific Meeting and Exhibition
- Published
- 2025-09-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.58530/2025/1889
- Primary Topic
- Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00