Measurement of Cardiac Deformations from MRI: Physical and Mathematical Models

This volume describes the latest imaging and image analysis techniques that have been developed at leading centres for the visualization, analysis and understanding of normal and abnormal cardiac motion with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The use of MRI in measuring cardiac motion is particularly important because MRI is non-invasive, and it is the only modality capable of imaging detailed intramural motion within the myocardium. Biomedical engineers, medical physicists, computer scientists and physicians interested in learning about the latest advances in cardiovascular MRI should find this book to be a useful educational resource. Practitioners and researchers working in the field of cardiovascular MRI should find that the book provides practical technical details and references to other work, enabling the implementation of existing methods and serving as a basis for further research in the area.