Improved sampling of myocardial motion with variable separation tagging

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 657-661

  McVeigh, Elliot R ^a   Bolster Jr , Bradley D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart; Magnetic resonance imaging; Myocardial tagging

Indexed keywords

HEART; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

CIRCUMFERENTIAL SHORTENINGS; HIGHER RESOLUTION; MYOCARDIAL MOTION; MYOCARDIAL TAGGING; PARALLEL PLANES; RADIAL THICKENINGS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VARIABLE SEPARATION;

SEPARATION;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART MOVEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SYSTOLE;

EID: 0031899513     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910390421     Document Type: Article

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