Figure 2
In vivo first-pass imaging. ( a ) 12 of the 128 images acquired prior to, during and after bolus Gd infusion from control and in vivo infarcted rat hearts: ( b ) signal intensity/time curves from infarcted, peri-infarcted and remote regions of an infarcted heart. Arrow indicates time of bolus infusion: ( c ) in vivo cine-CMR, LGE-CMR and first-pass images from a sham operated rat and an infarcted rat at 2 and 8 days post surgery. First-pass images from the same isolated, perfused hearts are presented on the far right.