Diffusion tensor cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging: a clinical perspective

Z Khalique, PF Ferreira, AD Scott… - Cardiovascular …, 2020‏ - jacc.org
Imaging the heart is central to cardiac phenoty**, but in clinical practice, this has been
restricted to macroscopic interrogation. Diffusion tensor cardiovascular magnetic resonance …

Diffusion MRI in the heart

C Mekkaoui, TG Reese, MP Jackowski… - NMR in …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Diffusion MRI provides unique information on the structure, organization, and integrity of the
myocardium without the need for exogenous contrast agents. Diffusion MRI in the heart …

Assessment of myocardial microstructural dynamics by in vivo diffusion tensor cardiac magnetic resonance

S Nielles-Vallespin, Z Khalique, PF Ferreira… - Journal of the American …, 2017‏ - jacc.org
Background: Cardiomyocytes are organized in microstructures termed sheetlets that
reorientate during left ventricular thickening. Diffusion tensor cardiac magnetic resonance …

Myofiber architecture of the human atria as revealed by submillimeter diffusion tensor imaging

F Pashakhanloo, DA Herzka, H Ashikaga… - Circulation …, 2016‏ - ahajournals.org
Background—Accurate knowledge of the human atrial fibrous structure is paramount in
understanding the mechanisms of atrial electric function in health and disease. Thus far …

[HTML][HTML] In vivo cardiovascular magnetic resonance diffusion tensor imaging shows evidence of abnormal myocardial laminar orientations and mobility in hypertrophic …

PF Ferreira, PJ Kilner, LA McGill… - Journal of …, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Background Cardiac diffusion tensor imaging (cDTI) measures the magnitudes and
directions of intramyocardial water diffusion. Assuming the cross-myocyte components to be …

In vivo human cardiac fibre architecture estimation using shape-based diffusion tensor processing

N Toussaint, CT Stoeck, T Schaeffter, S Kozerke… - Medical image …, 2013‏ - Elsevier
In vivo imaging of cardiac 3D fibre architecture is still a practical and methodological
challenge. However it potentially provides important clinical insights, for example leading to …

[HTML][HTML] Histo-anatomical structure of the living isolated rat heart in two contraction states assessed by diffusion tensor MRI

PW Hales, JE Schneider, RAB Burton, BJ Wright… - Progress in biophysics …, 2012‏ - Elsevier
Deformation and wall-thickening of ventricular myocardium are essential for cardiac pump
function. However, insight into the histo-anatomical basis for cardiac tissue re-arrangement …

Construction and validation of subject-specific biventricular finite-element models of healthy and failing swine hearts from high-resolution DT-MRI

KL Sack, E Aliotta, DB Ennis, JS Choy… - Frontiers in …, 2018‏ - frontiersin.org
Predictive computational modeling has revolutionized classical engineering disciplines and
is in the process of transforming cardiovascular research. This is particularly relevant for …

Application of micro-computed tomography with iodine staining to cardiac imaging, segmentation, and computational model development

OV Aslanidi, T Nikolaidou, J Zhao… - IEEE transactions on …, 2012‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) has been widely used to generate high-resolution 3-
D tissue images from small animals nondestructively, especially for mineralized skeletal …

Dual-phase cardiac diffusion tensor imaging with strain correction

CT Stoeck, A Kalinowska, C Von Deuster, J Harmer… - PloS one, 2014‏ - journals.plos.org
Purpose In this work we present a dual-phase diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) technique that
incorporates a correction scheme for the cardiac material strain, based on 3D myocardial …