Figure 2From: Towards comprehensive assessment of mitral regurgitation using cardiovascular magnetic resonanceImaging a thin structure or boundary using a relatively thick slice. Because the voxels that contribute to a CMR cine image are elongated, their length being the thickness of the slice, orthogonal orientation of the slice relative to a thin structure or boundary depicts the structure more clearly than oblique orientation. This principle is fundamental to the strategies described in this paper for the imaging of the mitral leaflets and associated regurgitant jets.Back to article page