Toward Replacing Late Gadolinium Enhancement With Artificial Intelligence Virtual Native Enhancement for Gadolinium-Free Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Tissue Characterization in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.

Journal: Circulation
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging is the gold standard for noninvasive myocardial tissue characterization but requires intravenous contrast agent administration. It is highly desired to develop a contrast agent-free technology to replace LGE for faster and cheaper CMR scans.

Authors

  • Qiang Zhang
    Yunan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Kunming 650022, China.
  • Matthew K Burrage
    Oxford Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research, Oxford Biomedical Research Centre National Institute for Health Research, Division of Cardiovascular (Q.Z., M.J.B., E.L., M.Shanmuganathan, I.A.P., C.N., R.M., K.W., E.H., A.B., S.D.P., H.C.W., S.N., V.M.F., S.K.P.).
  • Elena Lukaschuk
    Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
  • Mayooran Shanmuganathan
    Oxford Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research, Oxford Biomedical Research Centre National Institute for Health Research, Division of Cardiovascular (Q.Z., M.J.B., E.L., M.Shanmuganathan, I.A.P., C.N., R.M., K.W., E.H., A.B., S.D.P., H.C.W., S.N., V.M.F., S.K.P.).
  • Iulia A Popescu
    Oxford University Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research (OCMR), Level 0, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, United Kingdom.
  • Chrysovalantou Nikolaidou
    Oxford Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research, Oxford Biomedical Research Centre National Institute for Health Research, Division of Cardiovascular (Q.Z., M.J.B., E.L., M.Shanmuganathan, I.A.P., C.N., R.M., K.W., E.H., A.B., S.D.P., H.C.W., S.N., V.M.F., S.K.P.).
  • Rebecca Mills
    Oxford Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research, Oxford Biomedical Research Centre National Institute for Health Research, Division of Cardiovascular (Q.Z., M.J.B., E.L., M.Shanmuganathan, I.A.P., C.N., R.M., K.W., E.H., A.B., S.D.P., H.C.W., S.N., V.M.F., S.K.P.).
  • Konrad Werys
    Oxford Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
  • Evan Hann
    Oxford Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, UK.
  • Ahmet Barutcu
    Oxford Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, UK.
  • Suleyman D Polat
    Oxford Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research, Oxford Biomedical Research Centre National Institute for Health Research, Division of Cardiovascular (Q.Z., M.J.B., E.L., M.Shanmuganathan, I.A.P., C.N., R.M., K.W., E.H., A.B., S.D.P., H.C.W., S.N., V.M.F., S.K.P.).
  • Michael Salerno
    Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
  • Michael Jerosch-Herold
    Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (M.J-H., R.Y.K.).
  • Raymond Y Kwong
    Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (M.J-H., R.Y.K.).
  • Hugh C Watkins
    Oxford Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research, Oxford Biomedical Research Centre National Institute for Health Research, Division of Cardiovascular (Q.Z., M.J.B., E.L., M.Shanmuganathan, I.A.P., C.N., R.M., K.W., E.H., A.B., S.D.P., H.C.W., S.N., V.M.F., S.K.P.).
  • Christopher M Kramer
    Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA (M.Salerno, C.M.K.).
  • Stefan Neubauer
    Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
  • Vanessa M Ferreira
    Oxford Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, UK.
  • Stefan K Piechnik
    Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.