Abstract
Coronary artery disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States, despite signifi cant efforts in prevention and treatment. Coronary artery magnetic resonance imaging is a non-invasive diagnosis technique among patients with suspected anomalous coronary artery disease and coronary artery aneurysms. In this chapter, we will review the imaging strategies for magnetic resonance imaging of coronary arteries and veins. We review techniques for compensating the near-constant motion of the coronaries during both the respiratory and the cardiac cycles, for improving signal-to-noise ratio and contrast-tonoise ratio, advanced methods for accelerated imaging and high-fi eld imaging, and coronary vein imaging.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Basic Principles of Cardiovascular MRI |
| Subtitle of host publication | Physics and Imaging Technique |
| Publisher | Springer International Publishing |
| Pages | 245-260 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9783319221410 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783319221403 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2015 |
Keywords
- Accelerated imaging
- Cardiac motion
- Coronary artery disease
- Coronary magnetic resonance imaging
- Coronary vein imaging
- High-field imaging
- Motion compensation
- Respiratory motion
- T1 contrast
- T2 contrast
