Cardiac flow analysis applied to phase contrast magnetic resonance imaging of the heart

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1495-1515

  Wong, Kelvin K L ^a   Kelso, Richard M ^a   Worthley, Stephen G ^a   Sanders, Prashanthan ^a   Mazumdar, Jagannath ^a   Abbott, Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiac flow analysis; Phase contrast magnetic resonance imaging; Velocity encoding; Vorticity

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CIRCULATION; BLOOD FLOW; CARDIAC CHAMBERS; CARDIAC CYCLES; CARDIAC FLOW ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ANALYSIS; DYNAMICAL BEHAVIORS; FLOW ANALYSIS; IMAGING MODALITY; LARGE-SCALE VORTICES; PHASE CONTRAST MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REFERENCE DATA; VECTOR PLOT; VELOCITY FIELD; VORTICITY FIELD;

ENCODING (SYMBOLS); FLOW PATTERNS; HEMODYNAMICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PULSATILE FLOW; VELOCITY; VORTICITY;

BLOOD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; HEART; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; HEART; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE;

EID: 70349560372     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-009-9709-y     Document Type: Article

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