Cardiac

Cardiac (CT/MR Imaging: New Approaches to Clinical Problems)

Sunday, Nov. 28, 10:45 AM – 12:15 PM

Researchers are sharing nine papers that hone in on the latest issues in cardiac CT and MRI including single breath-hold MRI, real-time cardiac MRI and MR evaluation of left ventricular ejection fraction in thalassemic patients.

Speaker Information:
  • James P. Earls, MD, director of cardiovascular CT and MRI, Fairfax radiological Consultants in Fairfax, Va.;
  • Bernd J. Wintersperger, MD, department of clinical radiology, University of Munich in Germany; and
  • Jens Frahm, PhD, director, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Gottingen in Germany.

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