heart — Clinical MRI

Clinical acceleration: from the console

July 27, 2018 by James Hancock

With a focus on body MRI, this article shows how technology like Compressed Sensing (CS), CAIPIRINHA and Simultaneous Multi-Slice (SMS) provide maximum flexibility in imaging. [...]

Filed Under: abdomen, Clinical Imaging, Clinical Methods & Techniques, Clinical Updates, heart, whole body
Tagged With: decreasing scan time, shortening examination time

MAGNETOM Sola: Adaptive and anticipatory, predictive and profitable

July 27, 2018 by Ulrike Attenberger, MD

Shortening average examination times by 50% – the first experiences with 1.5T MAGNETOM Sola with BioMatrix technology are presented in this article. [...]

Filed Under: abdomen, Clinical Imaging, Clinical Methods & Techniques, Clinical Updates, heart, the joints, whole body
Tagged With: decreasing scan time, shortening examination time

First Experiences with the World’s First MAGNETOM Vida

June 12, 2017 by Mike Notohamiprodjo MD

This review focuses on 8 critical questions regarding gadolinium deposition in the brain and body, with the answers and discussion therein important for future regulatory decisions and clinical practice. [...]

Filed Under: brain, Clinical Imaging, heart, liver, Software & Hardware Updates, whole body
Tagged With: CLINICAL IMAGING, CLINICAL METHODS & TECHNIQUES, CLINICAL UPDATES, NEW TECHNOLOGIES & ADVANCES, SOFTWARE & HARDWARE UPDATES

Case Report: Clinical Usability of MyoMaps in Myocardial Infarction

February 29, 2016 by Masashi Nakamura, M.D.

These case reports show that current advances in T1 and T2 mapping and ECV quantification might have the potential to improve the diagnosis of cardiovascular disease, refine myocardial risk stratification and guide patient personalized therapeutic strategies. View/Download [...]

Filed Under: Cases, Clinical Imaging, Clinical Methods & Techniques, Clinical Updates, heart, New Technologies & Advances, Vessels
Tagged With: 7T, brain, musculoskeletal

Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Teaching Network

March 1, 2016 by Jeanette Schulz-Menger, M.D.

The article introduces a novel teaching approach allowing time-effective teaching as well as an ongoing quality control. The aim is to enable CMR in all settings – hospitals of different sizes as well as in outpatient departments. [...]

Filed Under: Cases, Clinical Imaging, Clinical Methods & Techniques, Clinical Updates, heart, New Technologies & Advances, Vessels

Case Series: Utilization of the Pediatric 16 Coil for 1.5T and 3T Systems

February 3, 2017 by Bac Nguyen, RT

In this article we share some of our experiences over the last few years with MR upgrades. [...]

Filed Under: abdomen, Anatomic Regions, bones, brain, Clinical Imaging, Clinical Updates, heart, Software & Hardware Updates, spine
Tagged With: abdomen, bones, brain, heart, spine

Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy

July 6, 2013 by Radko Krissak, MD

This 70-year-old woman presented to the emergency room with acute onset of severe chest pain. No prior history of trauma. The pain started after a quarrel with her 45-year old daughter. The electrocardiogram did not reveal evidence of ischemic ST segment deviations. Creatinine kinase was of borderline value (10 U/L), but cardiac troponin T was elevated (2.15 µg/L). Coronary artery disease was ruled out by emergency coronary angiography. However, left ventricular angiography demonstrated apical ballooning with a reduced left ventricular ejection fraction. [...]

Filed Under: Cases, chest, Clinical Imaging, heart, Meet The Experts, Stefan Schönberg
Tagged With: Cardiomyopathy, heart

Definition and Clarification of TR in Modern Imaging, with Emphasis on Cardiac Applications

July 4, 2013 by Gary McNeal, MS BME

As MR has evolved, the definition of TR has become quite complex, particularly with gated sequences. This article begins with an introduction to TR, covering its definition in spin echo and multislice fast spin echo sequences, and subsequently discusses in depth its definition in the plethora of cardiac gated sequences employed in modern imaging. [...]

Filed Under: Clinical Imaging, Clinical Methods & Techniques, heart
Tagged With: Fast Spin Echo, heart, spin echo

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)

July 6, 2013 by Daniel Theisen, MD

A 59 year-old man presents with long QT-syndrome and recurrent collapse. Neurologic assessment failed to reveal any abnormalities or pathologic findings. Ultrasound screening of the supraaortic arteries (including specifically the internal carotid and vertebral arteries) was unremarkable. [...]

Filed Under: Cases, Clinical Imaging, heart, Maximilian Reiser, Meet The Experts
Tagged With: Cardiomyopathy

Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy

July 6, 2013 by John N. Morelli, MD

32 year old male with a history of palpitations and a loud cardiac murmur. [...]

Filed Under: Cases, Clinical Imaging, heart, Meet The Experts, Val M. Runge
Tagged With: Congenital Abnormalities, Congenital Heart Disease, heart

Moderate-sized ASD and a tiny septal VSD

July 6, 2013 by Dr Harnoor Singh, MD

This is a 16-year-old female with a known history of hypoplastic right ventricle, who was being evaluated for three episodes of dizziness on standing, each lasting 5-10 minutes. [...]

Filed Under: Anatomic Regions, Cases, Clinical Imaging, heart, Meet The Experts, Val M. Runge
Tagged With: Congenital Heart Disease, heart

Compressed Sensing: A Great Opportunity to Shift the Paradigm of Cardiac MRI to Real-Time

July 6, 2013 by Michael O. Zenge, Ph.D.

Cardiac MRI is particularly well suited to benefit from a group of novel image reconstruction methods known as compressed sensing that promise to speed up data acquisition. This article provides a brief introduction to the topic. [...]

Filed Under: Clinical Imaging, heart, Software & Hardware Updates
Tagged With: cardiac, compressed sensing