Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging can utilize standard echocardiographic nomenclature and angled imaging planes to provide comparable long and short axis views of the heart.
Proposes the use of standard echocardiographic nomenclature and imaging planes for cardiac MR imaging to facilitate clinical adoption and functional analysis.
Cardiac magnetic resonance (MR) imaging has developed rapidly to rival echocardiography as a noninvasive imaging modality. Anatomic detail may exceed that currently available using echocardiography techniques, and the ability to image moving protons may compete with Doppler color flow mapping in detecting valvular diseases and shunts. Because of the considerable clinical experience with echocardiography, as angled MR imaging planes become available as standard software packages, it may be useful for MR cardiac imaging to use standard, accepted echocardiographic nomenclature and imaging planes. This article describes the principles used to obtain long and short axis MR images that are comparable with echocardiographic imaging planes. Diagrams and illustrations are provided to orient the viewer using nomenclature common to echocardiography. These views may eventually be useful for functional analysis of the left ventricle and for detection and evaluation of valvular heart disease and intracardiac shunts.
Burbank et al. (Tue,) reported a review. Cardiac magnetic resonance (MR) imaging with echocardiographic-like angled views vs. Echocardiography was evaluated. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging can utilize standard echocardiographic nomenclature and angled imaging planes to provide comparable long and short axis views of the heart.
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