Comparison of semi-automated scar quantification techniques using high-resolution, 3-dimensional late-gadolinium-enhancement magnetic resonance imaging

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 349-357

  Rajchl, Martin ^a   Stirrat, John ^a   Goubran, Maged ^a   Yu, Jeff ^b   Scholl, David ^a   Peters, Terry M ^a   White, James A ^a,b,c  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

3 Dimensional; Cardiac MRI; Ischemic cardiomyopathy; Late gadolinium enhancement; Quantification; Scar

Indexed keywords

GADOBUTROL; CONTRAST MEDIUM; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; FULL WIDTH AT HALF MAXIMUM; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SCAR; HEART MUSCLE; HIERARCHICAL MAX FLOW; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL THRESHOLD VERSUS REFERENCE MEAN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; AUTOMATION; CARDIOMYOPATHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FIBROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; SCAR;

ADULT; AUTOMATION; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CICATRIX; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84925488953     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-014-0553-2     Document Type: Article

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