Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Artefacts

Overview

Journal J Cardiovasc Magn Reson

Publisher Elsevier

Specialties Cardiology & Vascular Diseases
Radiology

Date 2013 May 24

PMID 23697969

Citations 61

Authors

Pedro F Ferreira

Peter D Gatehouse

Raad H Mohiaddin

David N Firmin

Affiliations

Soon will be listed here.

Abstract

The multitude of applications offered by CMR make it an increasing popular modality to study the heart and the surrounding vessels. Nevertheless the anatomical complexity of the chest, together with cardiac and respiratory motion, and the fast flowing blood, present many challenges which can possibly translate into imaging artefacts. The literature is wide in terms of papers describing specific MR artefacts in great technical detail. In this review we attempt to summarise, in a language accessible to a clinical readership, some of the most common artefacts found in CMR applications. It begins with an introduction of the most common pulse sequences, and imaging techniques, followed by a brief section on typical cardiovascular applications. This leads to the main section on common CMR artefacts with examples, a short description of the mechanisms behind them, and possible solutions.

Citing Articles

Investigating the Use of Generative Adversarial Networks-Based Deep Learning for Reducing Motion Artifacts in Cardiac Magnetic Resonance.

Ma Z, Zhu Y, Zhang X, Zhao Y, Zheng W, Yuan S J Multidiscip Healthc. 2025; 18:787-799.

PMID: 39963324 PMC: 11830935. DOI: 10.2147/JMDH.S492163.

Advancing Cardiovascular Diagnostics: The Expanding Role of CMR in Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies.

Parlati A, Nardi E, Marzano F, Madaudo C, Di Santo M, Cotticelli C J Clin Med. 2025; 14(3).

PMID: 39941536 PMC: 11818251. DOI: 10.3390/jcm14030865.

Quantitative assessment of renal steatosis in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus using the iterative decomposition of water and fat with echo asymmetry and least squares estimation quantification sequence imaging: repeatability and clinical....

Liu J, Wu Y, Tian C, Zhang X, Su Z, Nie L Quant Imaging Med Surg. 2024; 14(10):7341-7352.

PMID: 39429570 PMC: 11485345. DOI: 10.21037/qims-24-330.

Image navigator-based, automated coronary magnetic resonance angiography for the detection of coronary artery stenosis.

Wood G, Hajhosseiny R, Pedersen A, Littlewood S, Hansen T, Neji R J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2024; 26(2):101097.

PMID: 39293786 PMC: 11647470. DOI: 10.1016/j.jocmr.2024.101097.

Comprehensive review of artifacts in cardiac MRI and their mitigation.

Rafiee M, Eyre K, Leo M, Benovoy M, Friedrich M, Chetrit M Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2024; 40(10):2021-2039.

PMID: 39292396 DOI: 10.1007/s10554-024-03234-4.

References

Biglands J, Radjenovic A, Ridgway J . Cardiovascular magnetic resonance physics for clinicians: Part II. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2012; 14:66. PMC: 3533879. DOI: 10.1186/1532-429X-14-66. View

Deshpande V, Shea S, Chung Y, McCarthy R, Finn J, Li D . Breath-hold three-dimensional true-FISP imaging of coronary arteries using asymmetric sampling. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2002; 15(4):473-8. DOI: 10.1002/jmri.10087. View

Scheffler K, Lehnhardt S . Principles and applications of balanced SSFP techniques. Eur Radiol. 2003; 13(11):2409-18. DOI: 10.1007/s00330-003-1957-x. View

Stuber M, Botnar R, Danias P, Sodickson D, Kissinger K, Van Cauteren M . Double-oblique free-breathing high resolution three-dimensional coronary magnetic resonance angiography. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1999; 34(2):524-31. DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(99)00223-5. View

van Dijk P . Direct cardiac NMR imaging of heart wall and blood flow velocity. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 1984; 8(3):429-36. DOI: 10.1097/00004728-198406000-00012. View

Togawa T, Okai O, Oshima M . Observation of blood flow E.M.F. in externally applied strong magnetic field by surface electrodes. Med Biol Eng. 1967; 5(2):169-70. DOI: 10.1007/BF02474505. View

Larson A, White R, Laub G, McVeigh E, Li D, Simonetti O . Self-gated cardiac cine MRI. Magn Reson Med. 2004; 51(1):93-102. PMC: 2396326. DOI: 10.1002/mrm.10664. View

Moran P . A flow velocity zeugmatographic interlace for NMR imaging in humans. Magn Reson Imaging. 1982; 1(4):197-203. DOI: 10.1016/0730-725x(82)90170-9. View

Glover G, Pauly J . Projection reconstruction techniques for reduction of motion effects in MRI. Magn Reson Med. 1992; 28(2):275-89. DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910280209. View

10.

Fischer S, McKinnon G, Maier S, Boesiger P . Improved myocardial tagging contrast. Magn Reson Med. 1993; 30(2):191-200. DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910300207. View

11.

Storey P, Chen Q, Li W, Edelman R, Prasad P . Band artifacts due to bulk motion. Magn Reson Med. 2002; 48(6):1028-36. DOI: 10.1002/mrm.10314. View

12.

Griswold M, Jakob P, Heidemann R, Nittka M, Jellus V, Wang J . Generalized autocalibrating partially parallel acquisitions (GRAPPA). Magn Reson Med. 2002; 47(6):1202-10. DOI: 10.1002/mrm.10171. View

13.

Glover G, Noll D . Consistent projection reconstruction (CPR) techniques for MRI. Magn Reson Med. 1993; 29(3):345-51. DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910290310. View

14.

Kellman P, Chefdhotel C, Lorenz C, Mancini C, Arai A, McVeigh E . High spatial and temporal resolution cardiac cine MRI from retrospective reconstruction of data acquired in real time using motion correction and resorting. Magn Reson Med. 2009; 62(6):1557-64. PMC: 4137913. DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22153. View

15.

Ferreira P, Gatehouse P, Firmin D . Myocardial first-pass perfusion imaging with hybrid-EPI: frequency-offsets and potential artefacts. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2012; 14:44. PMC: 3457847. DOI: 10.1186/1532-429X-14-44. View

16.

Markl M, Alley M, Elkins C, Pelc N . Flow effects in balanced steady state free precession imaging. Magn Reson Med. 2003; 50(5):892-903. DOI: 10.1002/mrm.10631. View

17.

Ferreira P, Gatehouse P, Kellman P, Bucciarelli-Ducci C, Firmin D . Variability of myocardial perfusion dark rim Gibbs artifacts due to sub-pixel shifts. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2009; 11:17. PMC: 2693509. DOI: 10.1186/1532-429X-11-17. View

18.

Bernstein M, Zhou X, Polzin J, King K, Ganin A, Pelc N . Concomitant gradient terms in phase contrast MR: analysis and correction. Magn Reson Med. 1998; 39(2):300-8. DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910390218. View

19.

Pipe J . Motion correction with PROPELLER MRI: application to head motion and free-breathing cardiac imaging. Magn Reson Med. 1999; 42(5):963-9. DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1522-2594(199911)42:5<963::aid-mrm17>3.0.co;2-l. View

20.

Reeder S, Atalar E, Bolster Jr B, McVeigh E . Quantification and reduction of ghosting artifacts in interleaved echo-planar imaging. Magn Reson Med. 1997; 38(3):429-39. PMC: 2396297. DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910380312. View