Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 27, Issue 10 , Pages 1440-1446 , December 2009

Quantitative assessment of regional systolic and diastolic functions and temporal heterogeneity of myocardial contraction in patients with myocardial infarction using cine magnetic resonance imaging and Fourier fitting

  • Takahiro Natsume

      Affiliations

    • Diagnostic Imaging Center, Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 433-8558, Japan
    • Department of Radiology, Mie University School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 53 436 1251 (3300); fax: +81 53 439 6896.
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  • Tomoyasu Amano

      Affiliations

    • Diagnostic Imaging Center, Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 433-8558, Japan
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  • Yasuo Takehara

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 431-3192, Japan
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  • Takashi Ichihara

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Radiological Technology, Fujita Health University School of Health Sciences, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Japan
    • Department of Radiology, Mie University School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
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  • Kan Takeda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Mie University School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
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  • Hajime Sakuma

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Mie University School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan

Received 6 February 2009 ,Revised 9 May 2009 ,Accepted 10 May 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2009.05.043

Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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