Functional cardiac MR imaging with steady-state free precession (SSFP) significantly improves endocardial border delineation without contrast agents

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 362-367

  Thiele, Holger ^a   Nagel, Eike ^b   Paetsch, Ingo ^c   Schnackenburg, Bernhard ^c   Bornstedt, Axel ^d   Kouwenhoven, Marc ^e   Wahl, Andreas ^a   Schuler, Gerhard ^c   Fleck, Eckart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^e HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac function; Endocardial border delineation; Image quality; MRI; Steady state free precession

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; CARDIAC VOLUME; ENDOCARDIUM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 0034806346     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1195     Document Type: Article

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