Impact of an abdominal belt on breathing patterns to improve the quality of whole-heart coronary magnetic resonance angiography: comparison between UK and Japan
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Introduction Navigator techniques allow the patient to breath freely during a whole heart coronary magnetic resonance angiography (WHCMRA) scan. However, long measuring times, caused by the necessity to synchronize the cardiac and the breathing cycle, and complex motion patterns lead to the suboptimal image quality. To overcome this problem, an abdominal belt (BELT), which can suppress the abdominal breathing motion and, thus, improve WHCMRA image quality, has been suggested by a Japanese group1. However, its feasibility has never been shown for a Western population.
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Impact of an abdominal belt on breathing patterns and scan efficiency in whole-heart coronary magnetic resonance angiography: comparison between the UK and Japan
BACKGROUND Long acquisition times and complex breathing motion patterns lead to suboptimal image quality in whole heart coronary magnetic resonance angiography (WHCMRA). To overcome this problem, an abdominal belt (BELT) has been suggested by a Japanese group. However, its applicability in a Western population has not been previously demonstrated. The purpose of this study was to investigate 1)...
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