MAGNETIC-RESONANCE - ITS CURRENT AND FUTURE-ROLE IN PEDIATRIC CARDIACRADIOLOGY

Authors
BOOTHROYD A
Citation
A. Boothroyd, MAGNETIC-RESONANCE - ITS CURRENT AND FUTURE-ROLE IN PEDIATRIC CARDIACRADIOLOGY, European journal of radiology, 26(2), 1998, pp. 154-162
Citations number
44
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
European journal of radiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
0720048X
Volume
26
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
154 - 162
Database
ISI
SICI code
0720-048X(1998)26:2<154:M-ICAF>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Cardiac magnetic resonance (MR) has developed rapidly providing a meth od of both imaging congenital heart disease and assessing function usi ng a variety of techniques. The aim of this review is to identify indi cations for MR and its relative strengths and weaknesses in comparison to other methods of cardiac imaging. A potential future role for MR i s also discussed. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.