Showing posts with label CMR. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CMR. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

T1 Values in Infarcted & Noninfarcted Myocardium for Magnevist & MultiHance




Tags: Relaxation time, T1, Inversion time, TI, null point, Gadopentetate, Gadobenate, Magnevist, MultiHance, infarcted myocardium, noninfarcted myocardium

Source:
Schlosser et al. Myocardial infarct: depiction with contrast-enhanced MR imaging--comparison of gadopentetate and gadobenate. Radiology (2005) vol. 236 (3) pp. 1041-6.


Null Point for Late Gd Enhancement



Tags: Inversion Time, TI, Gadolinium, Late Gadolinium Enhancement, LGE

Source:
Yamrozik JA, Meister J, Geetha R, et al. Combined effects of Gadolinum dosage and delay on myocardial nulling. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (2007) 9, 477–491.


Sunday, December 27, 2009

Cardiomyopathies by Cardiac MRI


Tags: CMR, cardiomyopathies

Source:


Thursday, December 24, 2009

Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia/Cardiomyopathy (ARVD/C)



























Tags: ARVD, ARVC, fatty infiltration, myocardial fibrosis, traiangle of dysplasia, protocol, RV 2-chamber view

Jain et al. Role of cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging in arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia. Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (2008) vol. 10 (1) pp. 32


Friday, November 27, 2009

T2* Measurement of Myocardial Iron in Thalassemia (Part III)






Keywords: Thalassemia, hemochromatosis, hemosiderosis, iron overload, Kupffer cells

Source:
Hussain SM. Thalassemia with Iron Deposition. In: Liver MRI. Springer: Berlin Heidelberg, 2007; 180-181.


Tuesday, November 24, 2009

T2* Measurement of Myocardial Iron in Thalassemia (Part II)









Note: Data in Figure 1 are hypothetical.
If you need a copy of the relevant paper for reference, email me and I'll send you one.

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Cardiac MRI - Imaging Planes for Valves

Aortic Valve


Pulmonary Valve


Mitral Valve


Tricuspid Valve


Source:
Cardiovascular MR Imaging Planes and Segmentation (book chapter, 2005) by Andrew M. Taylor and Jan Bogaert.


Cardiac MRI - Quick Guide to Imaging planes





Source:
Philips Medical Systems


Sunday, November 1, 2009

Imagery of Cardiac Pathology






Source:
Ischemic Heart Disease (book chapter, 2005) by Steven Dymarkowski, Jan Bogaert, and Yicheng Ni
























Keywords: Eosinophilic Myocarditis, Ischemic Cardiomyopathy, Dilated Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Amyloidosis, Sarcoidosis, Myocarditis, Infiltrative Myocardial Infarct, Thrombus, Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia, Vacsulitis


Myocardial MR Perfusion - Semiquantification









Keywords: Myocardial Perfusion, Upslope, Myocardial Perfusion Reserve Index (MPRI)



Saturday, October 31, 2009

Myocardial MR Perfusion - Pattern Recognition













Keywords: Myocardial Perfusion, Artifacts, Perfusion Defects.