Atrial cardiomyopathy refers to structural and electrical remodelling of the atria, which can
lead to impaired mechanical function. While historical studies have implicated atrial …

Alteration in myocardial tissue, such as myocardial fibrosis, edema, inflammation, or
accumulation with amyloid, lipids, or iron, has an important role in the cardiac remodeling …

Cardiac diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is a noninvasive method for measuring the
microstructure of the myocardium. However, its long scan time significantly hinders its wide …

Background To validate the k-adaptive-t autocalibrating reconstruction for Cartesian
sampling (kat-ARC), an exclusive sparse reconstruction technique for four-dimensional (4D) …

The Pediatric Normal Tissue Effects in the Clinic (PENTEC) consortium has made significant
contributions to understanding and mitigating the adverse effects of childhood cancer …

Background Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging at ultra-high fields (UHF)
such as 7T has encountered many challenges such as faster T 2* relaxation, stronger B0 …

Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) have a long history and have progressed
significantly since the 1980s. They have become an essential part of the prevention of …

Background Time-resolved 3D cine phase-contrast cardiovascular magnetic resonance (4D
flow CMR) enables the characterization of blood flow using basic and advanced …

Tensor fields are useful for modeling the structure of biological tissues. The challenge to
measure tensor fields involves acquiring sufficient data of scalar measurements that are …

Purpose Our aim is to assess the potential of an MR system with ultrahigh performance
gradients (200 mT/m maximum gradient strength) to address two interrelated challenges in …