A fast and highly automated approach to myocardial motion analysis using phase contrast magnetic resonance imaging

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 652-661

  Bergvall, Erik ^a,b   Cain, Peter ^b   Arheden, Håkan ^b   Sparr, Gunnar ^a  

^a LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular system; Image analysis; Kinematics; Magnetic resonance imaging; Velocity mapping

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KINEMATICS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; VALIDATION STUDY; VELOCITY;

ALGORITHMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOTION; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646186816     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20565     Document Type: Article

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