Automatic 3D tracking of cardiac material markers using slice-following and harmonic-phase MRI

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 197-208

  Sampath, Smita ^a   Prince, Jerry L ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac motion; Cardiac strain; HARP; Magnetic resonance tagging; Slice following

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BREATH HOLDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEART MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; METHODOLOGY; MOTION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DIASTOLE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33846489028     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2006.09.033     Document Type: Article

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