In vivo diffusion tensor MRI of the human heart: Reproducibility of breath-hold and navigator-based approaches

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 454-465

  Nielles Vallespin, Sonia ^a,b   Mekkaoui, Choukri ^c   Gatehouse, Peter ^a,b   Reese, Timothy G ^c   Keegan, Jennifer ^a,b   Ferreira, Pedro F ^a,b   Collins, Steve ^a   Speier, Peter ^d   Feiweier, Thorsten ^d   De Silva, Ranil ^a,b   Jackowski, Marcel P ^e   Pennell, Dudley J ^a,b   Sosnovik, David E ^c   Firmin, David ^a,b  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

cardiac diffusion tensor imaging; cardiac diffusion weighted imaging; cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging; prospective navigators

Indexed keywords

BIOFEEDBACK; CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; DIFFUSION; HEART; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TENSORS;

CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR MRI; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; PROSPECTIVE NAVIGATORS; REPRODUCIBILITIES;

DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING;

ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84881190089     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.24488     Document Type: Article

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