CMR for Assessment of Diastolic Function

Current Cardiovascular Imaging Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 149-158

  Westenberg, Jos J M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diastolic function; Flow; Image processing; Left ventricle; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mitral valve; Myocardial wall motion; Pulmonary venous flow; Strain; Tagging; Three dimensional; Velocity encoding

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871623321     PISSN: 19419066     EISSN: 19419074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12410-011-9070-z     Document Type: Review

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