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Featured Image - MRI of the Heart |
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Velocity-encoded path lines overlaying the cardiac structure (grayscale MRI images) illustrate the variation in flow velocity from the left atrium through the left ventricle of the beating heart at early and late stages of cardiac filling phase cycle.
Ann F. Bolger, MD, of the University of California, San Francisco, has led the multi-disciplinary team, which includes researchers from Linköping University in Sweden, in successfully mapping the multidimensional flow paths, as well as changes in kinetic energy, of blood flowing through the left ventricle of the heart. Their work has brought together specialists in cardiology, physiology, advanced imaging, biomedicine and engineering with the support of the Swedish Research Council and the Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation.
To read the full article about the research being done at University of California-San Francisco click on the article titled, ‘Extreme Visualizations Reveal Secrets of the Beating Heart’.
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