Probing dynamic myocardial microstructure with cardiac magnetic resonance diffusion tensor imaging.
This article is an invited editorial comment on the paper entitled "In vivo cardiovascular magnetic resonance diffusion tensor imaging shows evidence of abnormal myocardial laminar orientations and mobility in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy" by Ferreira et al., and published as Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2014; 16:87.
Departments of Radiology and Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA. Leon.Axel@nyumc.org.
Leon
L
Axel
Van J
VJ
Wedeen
Daniel B
DB
Ennis
D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D056324:Diffusion Tensor Imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019028:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine; D008297:Male; D009200:Myocardial Contraction; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left