Cardiac MRI: Recent progress and continued challenges

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 111-127

  Earls, James P ^a,b   Ho, Vincent B ^c   Foo, Thomas K ^d   Castillo, Ernesto ^e   Flamm, Scott D ^f  

^a INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Fairfax Radiological Consultants   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d GE Medical Systems   (United States)

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

^f ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac morphology; Cardiac MRI; Coronary MR angiography; Ischemic heart disease; Myocardial perfusion; Myocardial viability

Indexed keywords

GADOFOSVESET; ULTRASMALL SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BREATH HOLDING; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; HEART; HEART DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY;

HEART; HEART DISEASES; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS;

EID: 0036021685     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.10154     Document Type: Review

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