Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance of Myocardial Structure, Function, and Perfusion in Mouse and Rat Models

Current Cardiovascular Imaging Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 109-115

  Kober, Frank ^a   Bernard, Monique ^a   Troalen, Thomas ^a   Capron, Thibaut ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance; Function; Late enhancement; MRI; Perfusion; Self gating; T1 mapping

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873815403     PISSN: 19419066     EISSN: 19419074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12410-012-9122-z     Document Type: Review

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