title: Applications of MRI for diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases.
abstract: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) acquires high spatial resolution images of the heart from any part of the cardiac cycle and in any planar configuration without use of contrast. Sequential images through the cardiac cycle can be viewed as a cine.
authors.affiliation: Hahnemann University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19102.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: MacMillan
mesh_terms: D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation*; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000502:physiology*