BACKGROUND Conventional cardiac imaging methods do not depict true segmental
myocardial shortening, since they cannot determine segment length between fixed points in the …

Results ECG-gated spin-echo images of the first patient in the short-axis plane of orientation
(Fig. 1A) showed localized masslike thickening of the left ventricular free wall, which was …

This article presents a microscopic MR technique for imaging small mammalian fetuses in
utero and in vivo which can be used as a tool for studying normal and abnormal development …

We present a MRI bolus tagging method for exploring the helical nature of blood flow in the
aorta. Two image series are collected, the first to quantify longitudinal flow (coronal/sagittal …

A dynamic cardiac phantom was used to provide identical input data at 11 different nuclear
medicine laboratories throughout the Philadelphia area, and the variability in the resulting …

The purpose of this thesis was to examine the work of two Israeli ensembles that bring diverse
musicians together through music and dialogue. Dialogue is a key tool for transforming …

A picture archival and communications system has been under development at the Hospital
of the University of Pennsylvania for the past two years. This system features a fiber optic …

[1, 2]. Primary intracardiac mural thrombus formation, however, has never been demonstrated
surgically or histologically in this entity [3-61. An intracardiac clot can lead to diagnostic …

The study answers the research question: How do Mennonite pastors describe their role in
leading planned organizational change? Mennonites are a Christian faith group with origins …

a software phantom or library is the incompatibility between the patient file structures of
different computer systems, which, at this time, tends to restrict any survey to systems of similar …