Real-time MR imaging of myocardial regional function using strain-encoding (SENC) with tissue through-plane motion tracking

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1461-1470

  Ibrahim, El Sayed H ^a,b,d   Stuber, Matthias ^a,b,c   Fahmy, Ahmed S ^a,b   Abd Elmoniem, Khaled Z ^a,b   Sasano, Tetsuo ^c   Abraham, M Roselle ^c   Osman, Nael F ^a,b  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac; MRI; Real time imaging; SENC; Slice following; Strain

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART BEAT; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOVEMENT; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SWINE;

EID: 37349015558     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21125     Document Type: Article

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