Temporal correlation-based dynamic contrast-enhanced MR imaging improves assessment of complex pulmonary circulation in congenital heart disease

• Published in: Magnetic resonance in medicine Vol. 56; no. 3; pp. 517 - 526
• Main Authors: Tsai, Shang-Yueh, Wu, Ming-Ting, Lin, Yi-Ru, Hsieh, Kai-Sheng, Lin, Chu-Chuan, Huang, Teng-Yi, Chung, Hsiao-Wen, Pan, Jun-Yen, Huang, Yi-Luan, Pan, Huay-Ben, Yang, Chien-Fang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.09.2006
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Child; Child, Preschool; congenital heart disease; Contrast Media; contrast-enhanced MRI; cross-correlation analysis; Female; Heart Defects, Congenital - complications; Heart Defects, Congenital - diagnosis; Humans; Image Enhancement - methods; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted - methods; Infant; Lung Diseases - diagnosis; Lung Diseases - etiology; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Male; Pulmonary Circulation; temporal correlation map

A temporal correlation (TC) mapping method is proposed to help bolus chasing during dynamic contrast‐enhanced (DCE) MRI of complex pulmonary circulation (CPC) in patients with congenital heart disease. DCE‐MRI was performed on five healthy male subjects (23–24 years old) and 25 patients (nine males...