Molecular and Microstructural Imaging of the Myocardium

Current Cardiovascular Imaging Reports

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-33

  Huang, Shuning ^a   Sosnovik, David E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Microstructure; Molecular imaging; MRI; Myocardium

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869793718     PISSN: 19419066     EISSN: 19419074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12410-010-9007-y     Document Type: Article

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