title: Noninvasive cardiovascular imaging.
abstract: Over the past 2 decades, use of noninvasive cardiovascular imaging has increased dramatically. This article provides a brief synopsis of the current state of several technologies-- echocardiography, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, and cardiac computed tomography--as well as a glimpse at future possibilities in cardiac imaging.
authors.affiliation: Section of Pediatric Cardiology, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA. hartmanr@ecu.edu.
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Hartman
mesh_terms: D057791:Cardiac Imaging Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D055414:Myocardial Perfusion Imaging / Q000379:methods; D011875:Radionuclide Angiography / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods