Radiology
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To determine if cine displacement encoding with stimulated echoes (DENSE) can help to identify and determine the patterns of subclinical myocardial systolic dysfunction in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) when compared with cine DENSE in control patients. ⋯ Cine DENSE, a motion-encoding MR imaging technique for myocardial strain assessment with high spatial resolution, appears to be useful in the identification of subclinical myocardial dysfunction in patients with DM.
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To identify the most appropriate magnetic resonance (MR) sequence for breast biopsy with regard to lesion visibility and artifact size and to assess feasibility and safety of this approach in a clinical setting. ⋯ MR-guided freehand biopsy of breast lesions with the near-real-time interactive MR platform in an open 1.0-T MR imager is safe and feasible in a clinical setting. The method simplifies work flow and intervention performance.