Value CMR: Towards a Comprehensive, Rapid, Cost-Effective Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Figure 3

3D cine acquisition in the axial direction. Reformatted short-axis slices, covering the heart from base (top left) to apex (bottom right), obtained in the same subject as in Figures 1 and 2 using accelerated semi-isotropic 3D-cine acquisition with 2 overlapping axial slabs (a) and one thicker axial slab (b). Scan time is 48 s and 21 s for the 2-slabs and 1-slab axial acquisitions, respectively. (c) Four-chamber slice reformatted from the semi-isotropic 3D-cine acquisition (right) and a corresponding slice acquired using conventional 2D cine imaging (left).

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