Background#R##N#The ability to measure and quantify myocardial motion and deformation provides a useful tool to assist in the diagnosis, prognosis and management of heart disease. The recent development of magnetic resonance imaging methods, such as harmonic phase analysis of tagging and displacement encoding with stimulated echoes (DENSE), make detailed non-invasive 3D kinematic analyses of human myocardium possible in the clinic and for research purposes. A robust analysis method is required, however.
['Katarina Kindberg', 'Henrik Haraldsson', 'Andreas Sigfridsson', 'Jan Engvall', 'Neil B. Ingels', 'Tino Ebbers', 'Matts Karlsson']
Myocardial strains from 3D displacement encoded magnetic resonance imaging