First-Pass Contrast-Enhanced Myocardial Perfusion MRI Using a Maximum Up-Slope Parametric Map.

Magnetic resonance first-pass perfusion imaging offers a noninvasive method for the rapid, accurate, and reproducible assessment of cardiac function without ionizing radiation. Quantitative or semiquantitative analysis of changes in signal intensity (SI) over the whole image sequence yields a more e...

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Published in:	IEEE Transactions on information technology in biomedicine 10, 3 (2006).
Main Author:	Chun Ruan
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	ANOVA. Cardiac function. Contrast agent. First-pass contrast-enhanced myocardial perfusion MRI. Frame-to-frame analysis. Image analysis efficiency. Linear curve fitting model. Maximum up-slope parametric map. Myocardial perfusion maps. Perfusion imaging. Quantitative analysis. Region-of-interest method. Semiquantitative analysis. Signal intensity. Stress test. Whole image sequence.