Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging for improved diagnosis of cardiac diseases
In addition, the measurement provides information about the pumping behavior of the heart. Due to this, a further important clinical parameter is available for the diagnosis of heart diseases without having to carry out additional measurements. The patient is thus examined more efficiently.
In contrast to methods that are already available, the accuracy of the values determined in this way is independent of the heart rate and is in excellent agreement with the result of a four-hour reference measurement. this measurement procedure paves the way for quantitative cardiac MRI for both hospitals and research; it is expected to contribute to improving diagnoses and making measurements performed at different hospitals easier to compare. The procedure has meanwhile also been tested on patients within the scope of a cooperation project with Charité hospital in Berl