3D MRI measures heart muscle strain without gadolinium

Cardiac MRI

Displacement comparison at the end-systolic frame and final frame. The three patients (V6, V10, V16) with different left-ventricle walls are shown. Point-to-surface distance is a measure to estimate the distance of a point from the reference surface. Courtesy of WMG University of Warwick.

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WMG University of Warwick

A new three-dimensional (3D) MRI technique can measure strain in the heart without using potentially-damaging gadolinium, according to new research out of the University of Warwick in the U.K.