Heart Mechanics: Magnetic Resonance Imaging—The Complete Guide

Features

• Covers over 23 years of developments in MRI techniques for assessing heart mechanics
• Presented MRI techniques in chronological order, describing how the drawbacks of a certain technique led to the invention of the next one
• Provides a plethora of techniques and ideas to assist the reader in choosing the best techniques suitable for his/her application
• Includes references to approximately 500 articles related to this subject of assessing heart mechanics by MRI
• Groups together research studies and clinical trials that study heart mechanics in one chapter for quick reference and for complementing the theoretical knowledge with practical applications

Summary

This book details the latest research on magnetic resonance (MRI) tagging technology related to heart mechanics.

The book compare and contrast different tagging techniques, explain different imaging sequences and post processing algorithms, and associate the tagging techniques with different applications.

It presents MRI techniques in chronological order, describing how the drawbacks of a certain technique led to the invention of the next one.