title: Very fast cardiac imaging.
abstract: With very fast MR imaging techniques, myocardial perfusion can be assessed by monitoring the changes of myocardial signal intensity over time following bolus injection of a contrast medium. Very fast MR imaging techniques also allow for freezing of cardiac motion that is important for coronary MR angiography and their high temporal resolution allow for coronary flow reserve measurements. In the current overview, basic principles and strategies of very fast cardiac MR imaging are presented. In the second part, applications of these fast sequences in the fields of myocardial perfusion, coronary MR angiography, and low measurements are presented.
authors.affiliation: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Section, University of California, San Francisco, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schwitter
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakuma
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saeed
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Wendland
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Higgins
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D017352:Echo-Planar Imaging; D006321:Heart / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D019028:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology