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- Haraldsson, Henrik, 1977-, et al.
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Influence of the FID and off-resonance effects in dense MRI
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Ingår i: Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. - : Wiley. - 0740-3194 .- 1522-2594. ; 65:4, s. 1104-1112
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Accurate functional measurement in cardiovascular diseases is important as inaccuracy may compromise diagnostic decisions. Cardiac function can be assessed using displacement encoding with stimulated echoes, resulting in three signal components. The free induction decay (FID), arising from spins undergoing T1-relaxation, is not displacement encoded and impairs the displacement acquired. Techniques for suppressing the FID exist; however, a residual will remain. The effect of the residual is difficult to distinguish and investigate in vitro and in vivo. In this work, the influence of the FID as well as of off-resonance effects is evaluated by altering the phase of the FID in relation to the stimulated echo. The results show that the FID and off-resonance effects can impair the accuracy of the displacement measurement acquired. The influence of the FID can be avoided by using an encoded reference. We therefore recommend the assessment of this influence of the FID for each displacement encoding with stimulated echoes protocol.
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- Kindberg, Katarina, 1977-, et al.
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Temporal 3D Lagrangian strain from 2D slice followed cine DENSE MRI
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Ingår i: Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging. - : Wiley-Blackwell. - 1475-0961 .- 1475-097X. ; 32:2, s. 139-144
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A quantitative analysis of myocardial mechanics is fundamental to the understanding of cardiac function, diagnosis of heart disease and assessment of therapeutic intervention. In the clinical situation, where limited scan time often is important, a detailed analysis of the myocardium in a specific region might be more applicable than a full 3D measurement of the entire left ventricle. This paper presents a method to obtain temporal evolutions of transmural 3D Lagrangian strains from two intersecting 2D planes of slice followed cine displacement encoding with stimulated echoes (DENSE) data using a bilinear-cubic polynomial element to resolve strain from the displaced myocardial positions. The method demonstrates accurate results when validated in an analytical model, and has been applied to in vivo data acquired on a 3 T magnetic resonance (MR) system from a healthy volunteer to quantify systolic strains at the anterior-basal region of left ventricular myocardium. The in vivo results agree within experimental accuracy with values reported in the literature.
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- Ordovas, Karen G., et al.
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Cardiovascular magnetic resonance in women with cardiovascular disease : position statement from the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR)
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Ingår i: Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1097-6647 .- 1532-429X. ; 23
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Forskningsöversikt (refereegranskat)abstract
- This document is a position statement from the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) on recommendations for clinical utilization of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) in women with cardiovascular disease. The document was prepared by the SCMR Consensus Group on CMR Imaging for Female Patients with Cardiovascular Disease and endorsed by the SCMR Publications Committee and SCMR Executive Committee. The goals of this document are to (1) guide the informed selection of cardiovascular imaging methods, (2) inform clinical decision-making, (3) educate stakeholders on the advantages of CMR in specific clinical scenarios, and (4) empower patients with clinical evidence to participate in their clinical care. The statements of clinical utility presented in the current document pertain to the following clinical scenarios: acute coronary syndrome, stable ischemic heart disease, peripartum cardiomyopathy, cancer therapy-related cardiac dysfunction, aortic syndrome and congenital heart disease in pregnancy, bicuspid aortic valve and aortopathies, systemic rheumatic diseases and collagen vascular disorders, and cardiomyopathy-causing mutations. The authors cite published evidence when available and provide expert consensus otherwise. Most of the evidence available pertains to translational studies involving subjects of both sexes. However, the authors have prioritized review of data obtained from female patients, and direct comparison of CMR between women and men. This position statement does not consider CMR accessibility or availability of local expertise, but instead highlights the optimal utilization of CMR in women with known or suspected cardiovascular disease. Finally, the ultimate goal of this position statement is to improve the health of female patients with cardiovascular disease by providing specific recommendations on the use of CMR.
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- Sigfridsson, Andreas, et al.
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In-vivo SNR in DENSE MRI : temporal and regional effects of field strength, receiver coil sensitivity, and flip angle strategies
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Ingår i: Magnetic Resonance Imaging. - : Elsevier. - 0730-725X .- 1873-5894. ; 29:2, s. 202-208
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Aim: The influences on the SNR of DENSE MRI of field strength, receiver coil sensitivity and choice of flip angle strategy have been previously investigated individually. In this study, all of these parameters have been investigated in the same setting, and a mutual comparison of their impact on SNR is presented.Materials and methods: Ten healthy volunteers were imaged in a 1.5T and a 3T MRI system, using standard 5 or 6 channel cardiac coils as well as 32 channel coils, with four different excitation patterns. Variation of spatial coil sensitivity was assessed by regional SNR analysis.Results: SNR ranging from 2.8 to 30.5 was found depending on the combination of excitation patterns, coil sensitivity and field strength. The SNR at 3T was 53 ± 26% higher than at 1.5T (p<0.001), whereas spatial differences of 59 ± 26% were found in the ventricle (p<0.001). 32 channel coils provided 52 ± 29% higher SNR compared to standard 5 or 6 channel coils (p<0.001). A fixed flip angle strategy provided an excess of 50% higher SNR in half of the imaged cardiac cycle compared to a sweeping flip angle strategy, and a single phase acquisition provided a six-fold increase of SNR compared to a cine acquisition.Conclusion: The effect of field strength and receiver coil sensitivity influences the SNR with the same order of magnitude, whereas flip angle strategy can have a larger effect on SNR. Thus, careful choice of imaging hardware in combination with adaptation of the acquisition protocol is crucial in order to realize sufficient SNR in DENSE MRI.
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- Sigfridsson, Andreas, 1978-, et al.
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Single Breath Hold Multiple Slice DENSE MRI
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Ingår i: Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. - : John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. - 0740-3194 .- 1522-2594. ; 63:5, s. 1411-1414
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A method to acquire multiple displacement encoded slices within asingle breath hold is presented. Efficiency is improved overconventional Displacement ENcoding with Stimulated Echoes (DENSE) without compromising image quality by read-out of multiple slices inthe same cardiac cycle, thus utilizing the position encoded stimulatedecho available in the whole heart. The method was evaluated bycomparing strain values obtained using the proposed method to strainvalues obtained by conventional separate breath hold single-sliceDENSE acquisitions. Good agreement (Lagrangian E2 strainbias=0.000, 95% limits of agreement ±0.04,root-mean-square-difference 0.02 (9.4% of the mean end-systolic E2)) was found between the methods, indicating that the proposedmethod can replace a multiple breath hold acquisition. Eliminating theneed for multiple breath holds reduces the risk of changes in breathhold positions or heart rate, results in higher patient comfort andfacilitates inclusion of DENSE in a clinical routine protocol.
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