Predicting Late Gadolinium Enhancement of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Contrast-Free Cardiac Cine MRI Using Deep Generative Learning.

Journal: Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is a standard technique for diagnosing myocardial infarction (MI), which, however, poses risks due to gadolinium contrast usage. Techniques enabling MI assessment based on contrast-free CMR are desirable to overcome the limitations associated with contrast enhancement.

Authors

  • Haikun Qi
    School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, London, United Kingdom.
  • Pengfang Qian
    School of Biomedical Engineering, ShanghaiTech University, China (H.Q., P.Q.).
  • Langlang Tang
    Department of Radiology, Longyan First Hospital, Affiliated to Fujian Medical University, China (L.T.).
  • Binghua Chen
    Department of Radiology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China (B.C., D.A., L.-M.W.).
  • Dongaolei An
    Department of Radiology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China (B.C., D.A., L.-M.W.).
  • Lian-Ming Wu
    Department of Radiology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No.160 PuJian Road, Shanghai, 200127, China. wlmssmu@126.com.