Visualization of myocardial microstructure using high-resolution T*2 imaging at high magnetic field

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 371-375

  Köhler, Sascha ^a   Hiller, Karl Heinz ^a   Waller, Christiane ^a   Jakob, Peter M ^a   Bauer, Wolfgang R ^a   Haase, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fiber orientation; High resolution; Magnetic resonance imaging; Myocardial microstructure; Susceptibility effects

Indexed keywords

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

GRADIENT ECHO SEQUENCES; HIGH MAGNETIC FIELDS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HISTOLOGICAL SECTION; ISOLATED RAT HEART; MICROSCOPY SYSTEMS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTILITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

MICROSTRUCTURE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART BEAT; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; ISOLATED HEART; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SCAR; THICKNESS;

EID: 0037310401     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.10346     Document Type: Article

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