Models and methods for analyzing DCE‐MRI: A review

F Khalifa, A Soliman, A El‐Baz… - Medical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To present a review of most commonly used techniques to analyze dynamic
contrast‐enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE‐MRI), discusses their strengths and …

Cardiac MRI of ischemic heart disease at 3 T: potential and challenges

O Wieben, C Francois, SB Reeder - European journal of radiology, 2008 - Elsevier
Cardiac MRI has become a routinely used imaging modality in the diagnosis of
cardiovascular disease and is considered the clinically accepted gold standard modality for …

A quantitative pixel-wise measurement of myocardial blood flow by contrast-enhanced first-pass CMR perfusion imaging: microsphere validation in dogs and …

LY Hsu, DW Groves, AH Aletras, P Kellman… - JACC: Cardiovascular …, 2012 - jacc.org
Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate fully quantitative myocardial blood flow
(MBF) at a pixel level based on contrast-enhanced first-pass cardiac magnetic resonance …

Baculovirus-transduced, VEGF-expressing adipose-derived stem cell sheet for the treatment of myocardium infarction

TS Yeh, YHD Fang, CH Lu, SC Chiu, CL Yeh, TC Yen… - Biomaterials, 2014 - Elsevier
Cell sheet technology has been widely employed for the treatment of myocardial infarction
(MI), but cell sheet fabrication generally requires the use of thermo-responsive dishes. Here …

[HTML][HTML] MRI and CT in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease: indications and applications

K Nikolaou, H Alkadhi, F Bamberg, S Leschka… - Insights into …, 2011 - Springer
In recent years, technical advances and improvements in cardiac computed tomography
(CT) and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have provoked increasing interest in …

[HTML][HTML] A spatially-distributed computational model to quantify behaviour of contrast agents in MR perfusion imaging

AN Cookson, J Lee, C Michler, R Chabiniok… - Medical image …, 2014 - Elsevier
Contrast agent enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) perfusion imaging provides an early,
non-invasive indication of defects in the coronary circulation. However, the large variation of …

Clinical use of cardiac PET/MRI: current state-of-the-art and potential future applications

P Krumm, S Mangold, S Gatidis, K Nikolaou… - Japanese journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Combined PET/MRI is a novel imaging method integrating the advances of functional and
morphological MR imaging with PET applications that include assessment of myocardial …

Effect of cardiac rehabilitation on myocardial perfusion reserve in postinfarction patients

BC Lee, SY Chen, HC Hsu, MYM Su, YW Wu… - The American journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
Cardiac rehabilitation is believed to increase myocardial perfusion reserve (MPR), but this
has not been adequately studied because of poor delineation of infarcted myocardium in …

Effect of cardiac rehabilitation on angiogenic cytokines in postinfarction patients

BC Lee, HC Hsu, WYI Tseng, MYM Su, SY Chen… - Heart, 2009 - heart.bmj.com
Objective: To determine whether cardiac rehabilitation influences plasma levels of
angiogenic cytokines and their correlation with myocardial blood flow (MBF). Design …

Fully automated framework for the analysis of myocardial first‐pass perfusion MR images

GM Beache, F Khalifa, A El‐Baz… - Medical physics, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To develop an automated framework for accurate analysis of myocardial perfusion
using first‐pass magnetic resonance imaging. Methods: The proposed framework consists of …