New MRI Technique Spots Heart Muscle Scarring Without Kidney Damage

August 28, heart attacks, which with magnetic field scanner to produce image New MRI Technique protons metal realigning with field. The faster protons realign, however, particularly risk kidney failure. this technique eliminates need for gadolinium.

3D MRI computing can measure strain in the heart using image registration method. Traditional method involves giving the patient a dose of gadolinium which can affect the kidney, researchers at WMG, University of Warwick have found. MRIs are used to diagnose cardiac disease such as cardiomyopathy, heart attacks, irregular heartbeats and other heart disease. Traditionally when a patient goes for an MRI scan they are given a dose of gadolinium, which reacts the magnetic field of the scanner to produce an image of the protons in the metal realigning with the heart and kidney failure magnetic field. The faster the protons realign, the brighter the image features and can show where the dead muscles are in the heart and what the diagnosis is. The dose of gadolinium can have detrimental effects to other parts of the body, particularly the risk of kidney failure. A new 3D MRI computing technique developed by scientists in WMG at the University of Warwick, published today, 28th August, in the Journal Scientific Reports titled 'Hierarchical Template Matching for 3D Myocardial Tracking and Cardiac Strain Estimation' focuses on Hierarchical Template Matching (HTM) technique.

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