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Magnetic resonance imaging comes of age

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Reza Razavi  and
Edward Baker
Reza Razavi
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK
Edward Baker*
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK
*
Dr Edward Baker, Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Guy's Hospital, London SE1 9RT, UK
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Abstract

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING OF THE heart started in the 1970's, over the subsequent 25 years, enormous advances have been made in both the hardware and software of magnetic resonance imaging machines so that we can now obtain fast, detailed and accurate images of the heart and great vessels. In chronological terms, therefore, we can say that cardiac magnetic resonance imaging has come of age. In this article we will highlight some of the clinical applications of different magnetic resonance imaging techniques, as well as some recent developments. We will demonstrate that, in clinical investigation of congenital heart disease, magnetic resonance imaging has truly come of age.

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Continuing Medical Education
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 9 , Issue 5 , September 1999 , pp. 529 - 538
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1999

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