Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia, and associated with increased risk for ischemic stroke and mortality. While the risk of stroke has been shown to be reduced with the use of oral anticoagulants like Warfarin, these medications are predictably linked with an increased risk of bleeding, and...
Several challenges exist in cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as a result of the constant motion of the heart. In order to create a cardiac image with both high spatial and temporal resolution, MR data must be obtained from multiple cardiac cycles; therefore, a means of synchronization for segmented acquisition...