E-raamat: Measurement of Cardiac Deformations from MRI: Physical and Mathematical Models

Besides being non-invasive, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has proven vital to understanding both normal and abnormal cardiac functioning as the only technique to date capable of imaging detailed intramural motion within the myocardium, as Amini (Washington State U., St. Louis, MO) and Prince (Johns Hopkins U., Baltimore, MD) explain. Eleven chapters by contributors from the US, Germany, Turkey, and New Zealand overview such topics as the relationship between stress and strain in the myocardium, methods and models for analyzing tagged cardiac MRI data, and clinical applications. Includes 11 color plates. This volume can serve as a tutorial for physicians, biomedical engineers, computer scientists, and others interested in the latest advances in cardiovascular MRI. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Measurement of Cardiac Deformations from MRI: Physical and Mathematical Models describes the latest imaging and imag analysis techniques that have been developed at leading centers for the visualization, analysis, and understanding of normal and abnormal cardiac motion with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The use of MRI in measuring cardiac motion is particularly important because MRI is non-invasive, and it is the only modality capable of imaging detailed intramural motion within the myocardium. Biomedical engineers, medical physicists, computer scientists, and physicians interested in learning about the latest advances in cardiovascular MRI should find this book to be a valuable educational resource. In particular, it is more tutorial in nature than most of the technical papers where the research was originally published. Practitioners and researchers working in the field of cardiovascular MRI will find the book to be filled with practical technical details and references to other work, enabling the implementation of existing methods and serving as a basis for further research in the area.