"Chess-board pattern" spatial modulation of magnetization. Assessment of myocardial function.
Heart motion is a complex combination of translation, rotation, and concentric contraction. Evaluation of these complex motions has been difficult using conventional slice-selective methods. Noninvasive tagging of the heart has been obtained by the use of slice-selective radiofrequency pulses. Through spatial modulation of the magnetization the entire image can be labeled in different patterns. Two new pulse sequences are presented, giving a chess-board like spatial modulation. These pulse sequences have several advantages compared with the previously published methods, as the modulation time is half that required to obtain a 2-dimensional grid, the area in the image with high signal intensity was significantly larger, and the radiofrequency power deposition was substantially decreased. By labeling the heart at diastole the chess-board pattern tagging of the heart wall could be followed through systole. Using this method the complex motions of the heart can be mapped.
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Department of Magnetic Resonance, Hvidovre Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
D003198:Computer Simulation; D006321:Heart / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008961:Models, Structural; D009040:Motion Pictures; D011846:Radio Waves