Abstract
Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has many potential advantages over conventional cardiac imaging techniques. These include a lack of ionizing radiation, free choice of imaging planes, the capability for tissue characterization, qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the motion of both the blood and the myocardium, and assessment of regional perfusion. These capabilities have been realized through the implementation of many MRI techniques, which have many associated imaging options. Although this range of options to choose from when performing a cardiac MRI examination can be daunting, it provides a great deal of flexibility that can be used to tailor the examination to the patient and the particular clinical question to be addressed. Some of the current clinical indications for cardiac MRI are summarized in Table 1.
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Axel, L., Lim, R. (2008). Clinical Cardiac MRI Techniques. In: Kwong, R.Y. (eds) Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Contemporary Cardiology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-306-6_2
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