The EKG in cardiac MRI: what the technologist needs to know

نویسندگان

  • Emer Sonnex
  • Richard Coulden
چکیده

Background In routine cardiac MRI (CMRI) practice, radiological technologists are expected to optimize and utilize EKGs in gating and physiological monitoring. Many cardiac sequences are critically dependent on heart rate and rhythm and EKG gating problems lead to poor or nondiagnostic images. The technologist’s syllabus does not routinely include formal EKG recognition or CMRI trouble-shooting techniques.

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دوره 16  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014