This paper provides a review of analytical tools and clinical application in the field of 4D flow MRI. The convention of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in clinical practice for valuation of affected role with cardiovascular disease is now commonplace. Two-dimensional stage contrast MRI has remained cast-off to amount local plasma movement in the heart and arteries since the late 1980s. Recently time determined stage contrast magnetic timbre imaging (PC-MRI) with speed programming in all three movement instructions and three dimensional (3D) anatomic handling (sometimes referred to as "4D flow MRI") has remained industrialized and cast-off to measure cardiovascular hemodynamics in various human organs. MRIoffers for dimension complicated blood stream patterns with unparalleled precision and detail due to its capacity to observe blood flow in three dimensions and quantify it retrospectively, in four dimensions.
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA), Phase Contrast (PC)
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Madeleine Wang Yue Dong, “A Review of Analytical Tools and Clinical Application in the Field of 4D Flow MRI”, Journal of Biomedical and Sustainable Healthcare Applications, vol.2, no.2, pp. 089-100, July 2022. doi: 10.53759/0088/JBSHA202202011.
