Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Cardiac MRI creates images from the resonance of hydrogen atoms when they are polarized to face in one direction and then hit with an electromagnetic pulse to knock them off axis. The wobbling of the atoms is what is recorded by computers and used to reconstruct the images. Cardiac MR allows very detailed visualization of the myocardial tissue above the resolution found with cardiac CT. Using different protocol sequences, various contrast type images can be created with MRI to enhance various tissues or to provide physiological data on the function of the heart. This section includes MR analysis software, MRI scanners, gadolinium contrast agents, and related magnetic resonance accessories.
This image shows blood flow within the main pumping chambers – the ventricles – on both sides of the heart and the vessels leaving the heart. The blue flow is blood that needs oxygen and is travelling to the lungs. The red flow is blood that has been through the lungs and received oxygen. Victoria Stoll of the University of Oxford is using this type of imaging to look at the blood flow within the hearts of people with heart failure, whose hearts are not pumping effectively.
News | Cardiac Imaging | June 24, 2016
June 24, 2016 — The British Heart Foundation (BHF) announced the winners of its annual ‘Reflections of Research’ image...
News | EP Lab | June 23, 2016
June 23, 2016 — Biotronik announced it was the winner of the Cardiostim Innovation Award in the category “Best Practice...
News | Heart Failure | June 08, 2016
June 8, 2016 — The amount a heart ‘bleeds’ following a heart attack can predict the severity of future heart failure,...
News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) | May 24, 2016
May 24, 2016 — A new technique for cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging improves accuracy by removing patients'...
Technology | Cardiac Imaging | May 18, 2016
May 18, 2016 — The Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) recently announced its launch of the IAC QI Self-...
Examples of how the computer model would classify one patient at high risk for heart arrhythmia and another at low risk. Image courtesy of Royc Faddis/Johns Hopkins University.
News | Cardiac Diagnostics | May 17, 2016
May 17, 2016 — An interdisciplinary Johns Hopkins University team has developed a non-invasive 3-D virtual heart...
News | Ablation Systems | May 10, 2016
May 10, 2016 — Imricor Medical Systems announced enrollment of the first patients in a clinical study to evaluate the...
News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) | May 10, 2016
May 10, 2016 — Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is a stronger predictor of risk for major adverse cardiovascular...
Technology | Contrast Media | April 29, 2016
April 29, 2016 — Bayer announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Gadavist (gadobutrol)...
News | Advanced Visualization | April 07, 2016
April 7, 2016 — Circle Cardiovascular Inc. the world-leading developer of innovative cardiac MR (CMR) and cardiac CT (...
Infinix 4-D CT image courtesy of Toshiba America Medical Systems.
News | Cardiac Imaging | March 30, 2016
March 30, 2016 — Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. announced it would demonstrate the following diagnostic imaging...
Duke scientists have discovered a new class of inexpensive and long-lived molecular tags that enhance MRI signals by 10,000-fold. To activate the tags, the researchers mix them with a newly developed catalyst (center) and a special form of hydrogen (gray), converting them into long-lived magnetic resonance 'lightbulbs' that might be used to track disease metabolism in real time. Image courtesy of Thomas Theis, Duke University.
News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) | March 28, 2016
March 28, 2016 — Duke University researchers have taken a major step towards realizing a new form of magnetic resonance...
News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) | March 21, 2016
March 21, 2016 — Circle Cardiovascular Inc., developer of cardiac magnetic resonance (MR) and computed tomography (CT)...
News | Stroke | March 16, 2016
March 16, 2016 ― A team of researchers led by the University of Missouri School of Medicine has developed a new, real-...
News | March 10, 2016
March 10, 2016 — According to the latest research study released by Technavio, the global medical imaging market is...
