Intra- and inter-observer reproducibility of global and regional magnetic resonance feature tracking derived strain parameters of the left and right ventricle

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 89, Issue , 2017, Pages 97-105

  Schmidt, Björn ^a   Dick, Anastasia ^a   Treutlein, Melanie ^a   Schiller, Petra ^a   Bunck, Alexander C ^a   Maintz, David ^a   Baeßler, Bettina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance; Feature tracking; Left ventricle; Myocardial strain; Reproducibility; Right ventricle

Indexed keywords

GADOTERATE MEGLUMINE;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ACUTE DISEASE; CINE MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 85012248688     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2017.01.025     Document Type: Article

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