title: UK Biobank's cardiovascular magnetic resonance protocol.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  UK Biobank's ambitious aim is to perform cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) in 100,000 people previously recruited into this prospective cohort study of half a million 40-69 year-olds.
  
  
  METHODS
  We describe the CMR protocol applied in UK Biobank's pilot phase, which will be extended into the main phase with three centres using the same equipment and protocols. The CMR protocol includes white blood CMR (sagittal anatomy, coronary and transverse anatomy), cine CMR (long axis cines, short axis cines of the ventricles, coronal LVOT cine), strain CMR (tagging), flow CMR (aortic valve flow) and parametric CMR (native T1 map).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This report will serve as a reference to researchers intending to use the UK Biobank resource or to replicate the UK Biobank cardiovascular magnetic resonance protocol in different settings.
authors.affiliation: William Harvey Research Institute, NIHR Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit at Barts, Queen Mary University of London, Charterhouse Square, London, EC1M 6BQ, UK. s.e.petersen@qmul.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Steffen E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Petersen
authors.affiliation: Division of Brain Sciences, Department of Medicine, Imperial College, London, UK. p.matthews@imperial.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Paul M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Matthews
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. Jane.francis@cardiov.ox.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Jane M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Francis
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. Matthew.robson@cardiov.ox.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Matthew D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Robson
authors.affiliation: William Harvey Research Institute, NIHR Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit at Barts, Queen Mary University of London, Charterhouse Square, London, EC1M 6BQ, UK. f.zemrak@qmul.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Filip
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zemrak
authors.affiliation: William Harvey Research Institute, NIHR Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit at Barts, Queen Mary University of London, Charterhouse Square, London, EC1M 6BQ, UK. r.boubertakh@qmul.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Redha
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Boubertakh
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Medical Imaging, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. a.young@auckland.ac.nz.
authors.forename: Alistair A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Young
authors.affiliation: UK Biobank, Spectrum Way, Adswood, Stockport, Cheshire, SK3 0SA, UK. Sarah.hudson@ukbiobank.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hudson
authors.affiliation: Siemens Healthcare, Frimley, Surrey, GU16 8QD, UK. peter.weale@siemens.com.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Weale
authors.affiliation: UK Biobank, Spectrum Way, Adswood, Stockport, Cheshire, SK3 0SA, UK. Steve.garratt@ukbiobank.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Garratt
authors.affiliation: UK Biobank, Spectrum Way, Adswood, Stockport, Cheshire, SK3 0SA, UK. Rory.collins@ctsu.ox.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Rory
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. stefanp@fmrib.ox.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Piechnik
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. Stefan.neubauer@cardiov.ox.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Neubauer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D018070:Biological Specimen Banks; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D019028:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D006113:United Kingdom
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