Strain imaging using cardiac magnetic resonance

Heart Failure Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 465-476

  Scatteia, A ^a,b   Baritussio, A ^a   Bucciarelli Ducci, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Division of Cardiology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance; CMR tagging; Feature tracking; Myocardial deformation imaging; Myocardial strain

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; AORTIC STENOSIS; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MYOCARDIAL DEFORMATION; MYOCARDIAL STRAIN; NON ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SOFTWARE; SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; STRAIN ENCODED IMAGING; CARDIAC MUSCLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART; HEART STROKE VOLUME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

HEART; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYOCARDIUM; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 85020488576     PISSN: 13824147     EISSN: 15737322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10741-017-9621-8     Document Type: Review

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