title: Accelerated tagging for the assessment of left ventricular myocardial contraction under physical stress.
abstract: A TFEPI-CSPAMM sequence is introduced, which is optimized with respect to acquisition speed and image quality. The sequence is used in a stress study, where a short breath-hold duration is crucial, and tested for reproducibility of deformation parameters extracted by HARP for repeated measurements.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University and ETH Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Salome
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ryf
authors.forename: Juerg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schwitter
authors.forename: Marcus A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Spiegel
authors.forename: Andrea K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Rutz
authors.forename: Roger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Luechinger
authors.forename: Gérard R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Crelier
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Boesiger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000465:Algorithms; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D017352:Echo-Planar Imaging; D005080:Exercise Test; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008297:Male; D009200:Myocardial Contraction; D015588:Observer Variation; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012107:Research Design; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left