Estimation of the left ventricular ejection fraction using a novel multiphase, dark-blood, breath-hold MR imaging technique

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 101-112

  Sinha, Shantanu ^a,b   Mather, Richard ^a   Sinha, Usha ^a   Goldin, Jonathan ^a   Fonarow, Gregory ^a   Yoon, Hyo Chun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; BREATHING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030841837     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.169.1.9207508     Document Type: Article

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