Diffusion Tensor MRI of the Heart - In Vivo Imaging of Myocardial Fiber Architecture

Current Cardiovascular Imaging Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1-11

  Froeling, Martijn ^a,b   Strijkers, Gustav J ^b   Nederveen, Aart J ^c   Chamuleau, Steven A ^a   Luijten, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiac; Diffusion tensor imaging; Heart; In vivo imaging; Myocardial fiber architecture

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC IMAGING; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HEART EDEMA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW;

EID: 84903142817     PISSN: 19419066     EISSN: 19419074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12410-014-9276-y     Document Type: Review

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