La representación de lo rural en el cine es un fenómeno complejo. En libro compilatorio que reseñamos, se ofrece una visión holística sobre diferentes incursiones y representaciones del campo cine, ya sea documental o ficción.

Methods Patients (n = 84, age: 57.7 ± 14.7 yrs, [mean ± SD], LVEF: 25.7 ± 11.1%) with newly diagnosed NIDCM underwent late gadolinium enhancement CMR (inversion-recovery technique 10 min after the administration of gadolinium-DTPA (0.1 mmol/kg). Peak systolic circumferential (Εcc) and radial (Εrr) strain were assessed using FT-CMR of the mid-cavity LV short-axis cine and peak systolic longitudi...

Background A new fast and robust technique combing CINE imaging with a retrospectively adjustable delayed-enhancement (DE) contrast in a short breath-hold of 4 seconds was recently introduced [1]. As a benefit of this technique, DE images can be reconstructed as a CINE series for any TI contrast, which in turn could be beneficial in the evaluation of CMR images and allow for improved diagnostic...

Background MRI is deemed standard of reference for assessment of ventricular volumes and function. However, it remains unclear if the RV can also be adequately assessed in SAO orientation as used for assessment of LV function or requires dedicated axial-Cine imaging. Additional axial-Cine acquisition adds 10-15 min of scan time and thus has a substantial impact on clinical workflow and patient ...

Background The accurate assessment of arterial blood flow is crucial for the diagnosis and management of patients with cardiovascular disease. Our aim was to systematically compare three phase-contrast (PC) MRI sequences for the quantification of aortic hemodynamics, including: 1) 2D time-resolved (CINE) PC MRI with one-directional through-plane (2D-1dir) velocity encoding; 2) 2D CINE PC MRI wi...

The accuracy of determining left ventricular function from echocardiography was assessed in 26 children (group I) with cineangiographically-determined normal left ventricular volume (LVV) and 28 children (group II) with large left ventricular volumes. Conventional LV echo dimensions were compared to the cineangiographic LV anterior-posterior minor axis (LVmA) and LVV. Very good correlations wer...

Background In patients with breath-holding difficulties or arrhythmia, real-time CINE-MRI is preferred over segmented acquisitions in one breath-hold. However, common real-time sequences require a deteriorating trade-off between spatial and temporal resolution. In the current work, highly accelerated real-time CINE-MRI which features compressed sensing with k t regularization [1] was evaluated ...