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MR Physics and Imaging of Phase Contrast MRI

  • Michael Markl
  • Britta Schneider
  • Jürgen Hennig
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Part of the Computational Imaging and Vision book series (CIVI, volume 23)

Abstract

In recent years cardiac magnetic resonance (MR) imaging has become an important method for diagnosis of heart disease not only for morphologic evaluation but also for the characterization of myocardial function. Noninvasive measurement of myocardial wall motion with MRI is a promising method for detection of the mechanical performance of the heart in order to identify abnormal motion and potentially infarcted areas of the left ventricle. Several methods for ventricular motion mapping have already been proposed. An extensive discussion of the various approaches is found in Ref.[l].

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Magn Reson Image Magnetic Resonance Signal Cardiac Phase Myocardial Motion Phase Contrast Technique 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Michael Markl
    • 1
  • Britta Schneider
    • 1
  • Jürgen Hennig
    • 1
  1. 1.Abt. Rontgendiagnostik, Sect. of Medical PhysicsUniklinik FreiburgFreiburgGermany

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