1Imaging Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
American Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research.
2022,
Vol. 8 No. 1, 1-28
DOI: 10.12691/ajcdr-8-1-1
Copyright © 2022 Science and Education PublishingCite this paper: Bourne S., Rivard A., Schieman K., Sherif A.. Shifting Paradigm from Conventional 2D to 3D-Delayed Gadolinium Enhancement Whole Heart MRI: Implications, Technical Aspects, Applications & Planning.
American Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research. 2022; 8(1):1-28. doi: 10.12691/ajcdr-8-1-1.
Correspondence to: Bourne S., Imaging Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Email:
bournes@clevelandclinicabudhabi.aeAbstract
Three dimensional (3D) delayed gadolinium enhancement cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, includes advantages such as: high resolution entire heart coverage without slice–misregistration, shorter or no breath-holds, multi-planes post reconstruction and higher signal to noise ratio (SNR). These are among some of the reasons why it has gained significant popularity within the daily clinical practice; however, parallel imaging, inefficiencies in navigator echoes and prolonged scan times are some of the challenges affecting overall quality of 3D cardiac imaging [1].
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