The detection of normal, ischemic and infarcted myocardial tissue using MRI
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A partial occlusion of one or more of the coronary arteries due to atherosclerosis leads to an insufficient supply of blood to the myocardium and as a result to the reduction of its functioning (myocardial ischemia). A total occlusion blocks the blood supply completely, which generally leads to starvation of myocardial tissue (myocardial infarction). Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has proven to be a powerful technique for the imaging of cardiac diseases. This papers describes an integrated image analysis approach for the detection of normal, ischemic and infarcted myocardial tissue from cardiac images acquired with MRI. D 2003 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.
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