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Abstract #4606

Subject Specific Respiratory Motion in Cardiac MR

Ian Hamilton Burger1, Ernesta Meintjes1

1MRC/UCT Medical Imaging Research Unit, Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa


Due to great inter subject variation in the relationship between the motion of the diaphragm and the heart correcting for this is a major challenge in cardiac MR. By acquiring a subject specific model makes correction much more accurate. We have developed a technique to acquire a subject specific model describing the relationship between the motion of the diaphragm and that of the heart to enable improved slice following in cardiac MR.

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