title: Magnetic resonance microscopy with cardiovascular applications.
abstract: Traditional methods of imaging and studying cardiac and arterial disease are either invasive and require histological sectioning or they involve ionizing radiation. Magnetic resonance microscopy makes it possible to nondestructively study the in vivo hemodynamics of single vessels as small as 100 μm in diameter and the morphology of prepared vessels as small as 10 μm. The techniques described here are performed on specialized magnetic resonance scanners that are available at fewer than 20 sites worldwide. This review describes the phenomena that are detected and measured in magnetic resonance microscopy experiments and highlights applications that have contributed to cardiovascular research. © 1996, Elsevier Science Inc. (Trends Cardiovasc Med 1996;6:247-254).
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center,Durham, NC 27710,USA.
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Smith