While an enormous number of studies have documented pathological alterations of the
myocardial native longitudinal relaxation time (T1) and the fraction of the extracellular …

Non-invasive identification and differentiation of myocardial diseases represents the primary
objectives of cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) longitudinal relaxation time (T1) and …

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is considered the gold standard imaging
modality for myocardial tissue characterization. Elevated transverse relaxation time (T2) is …

T1 or longitudinal relaxation time is one of the very fundamental magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI) time constants and a tissue characterizing parameter. Only during the last …

A key advantage of cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging over other cardiac imaging
modalities is the ability to perform detailed tissue characterization. CMR techniques continue …

Background Quantitative T1-mapping is rapidly becoming a clinical tool in cardiovascular
magnetic resonance (CMR) to objectively distinguish normal from diseased myocardium …

Background Myocardial native T1 and T2 mapping are promising techniques for quantitative
assessment of diffuse myocardial pathologies; however, due to conflicting data regarding …

Abstract Background Myocardial T 1 and T 2 mapping using cardiovascular magnetic
resonance (CMR) are promising to improve tissue characterization and early disease …

A unique feature of cardiac magnetic resonance is its ability to characterize myocardium.
Proton relaxation times, T1, T2, and T2* are a reflection of the composition of individual …

Purpose To elucidate the impact of technical and intraindividual reproducibility on the
overall variability of myocardial T2 relaxation times. Materials and Methods Thirty healthy …