Novel real-time R-wave detection algorithm based on the vectorcardiogram for accurate gated magnetic resonance acquisitions

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 361-370

  Fischer, Stefan E ^a,b   Wickline, Samuel A ^a   Lorenz, Christine H ^a  

^a BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac gating; Cardiac MRI; Electrocardiogram; Magnetohydrodynamic

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; SIGNAL DETECTION;

CARDIAC GATING; CARDIAC MRI; GRADIENT SWITCHING; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; IMAGING APPLICATIONS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC EFFECTS; R-WAVE DETECTIONS; STRONG MAGNETIC FIELDS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; R WAVE; VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032873080     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-2594(199908)42:2<361::AID-MRM18>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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