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 phenotyping, but in clinical practice, this has been
restricted to macroscopic interrogation. Diffusion tensor cardiovascular magnetic resonance …

Current and evolving multimodality cardiac imaging in managing transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy

L Alwan, DC Benz, SAM Cuddy, S Dobner, I Shiri… - Cardiovascular …, 2024 - jacc.org
Amyloid transthyretin (ATTR) amyloidosis is a protein-misfolding disease characterized by
fibril accumulation in the extracellular space that can result in local tissue disruption and …

Characterizing cardiac involvement in amyloidosis using cardiovascular magnetic resonance diffusion tensor imaging

A Gotschy, C von Deuster, RJH van Gorkum… - Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Background In-vivo cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) diffusion tensor imaging
(DTI) allows imaging of alterations of cardiac fiber architecture in diseased hearts. Cardiac …

In vivo diffusion‐tensor MRI of the human heart on a 3 tesla clinical scanner: An optimized second order (M2) motion compensated diffusion‐preparation approach

C Nguyen, Z Fan, Y Xie, J Pang… - Magnetic resonance …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To optimize a diffusion‐prepared balanced steady‐state free precession cardiac
MRI (CMR) technique to perform diffusion‐tensor CMR (DT‐CMR) in humans on a 3 Tesla …

[HTML][HTML] Contrast-free detection of myocardial fibrosis in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients with diffusion-weighted cardiovascular magnetic resonance

C Nguyen, M Lu, Z Fan, X Bi, P Kellman, S Zhao… - Journal of Cardiovascular …, 2015 - Elsevier
Backgrounds Previous studies have shown that diffusion-weighted cardiovascular magnetic
resonance (DW-CMR) is highly sensitive to replacement fibrosis of chronic myocardial …

Deep learning-based diffusion tensor cardiac magnetic resonance reconstruction: a comparison study

J Huang, PF Ferreira, L Wang, Y Wu… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
In vivo cardiac diffusion tensor imaging (cDTI) is a promising Magnetic Resonance Imaging
(MRI) technique for evaluating the microstructure of myocardial tissue in living hearts …

Accelerating Cardiac Diffusion Tensor Imaging With a U‐Net Based Model: Toward Single Breath‐Hold

PF Ferreira, A Banerjee, AD Scott… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background In vivo cardiac diffusion tensor imaging (cDTI) characterizes myocardial
microstructure. Despite its potential clinical impact, considerable technical challenges exist …

The effects of noise in cardiac diffusion tensor imaging and the benefits of averaging complex data

AD Scott, S Nielles‐Vallespin, PF Ferreira… - NMR in …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
There is growing interest in cardiac diffusion tensor imaging (cDTI), but, unlike other
diffusion MRI applications, there has been little investigation of the effects of noise on the …

Diffusion tensor cardiovascular magnetic resonance in cardiac amyloidosis

Z Khalique, PF Ferreira, AD Scott… - Circulation …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) is a disease of interstitial myocardial infiltration,
usually by light chains or transthyretin. We used diffusion tensor cardiovascular magnetic …

[HTML][HTML] Adaptation of Left Ventricular Function and Myocardial Microstructure in Fetuses with Right Ventricular Hypoplasia

J Ma, Y Li, H Cao, Y Yuan, S Chen, L Hong… - Canadian Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background This study aimed to evaluate changes in left ventricular (LV) function and
myocardial microstructure in fetuses with right ventricular hypoplasia (RVH) using two …