Table 1.

Summary of improvements in clinical CVMR capabilities facilitated by speed and efficiency gains of highly accelerated imaging

Improved capabilities of highly accelerated CVMR	Contrast-enhanced 3D MRA	Cardiac function	Myocardial perfusion	Coronary artery imaging	Myocardial infarction & viability	Anatomical imaging & tissue characterization
Improve temporal resolution	x	x	x
Improve spatial resolution or coverage	x	x	x	x	x	x
Enable (short) breath-hold acquisitions		x		x (In place of lengthier free-breathing scans)	x	x
Increase patient comfort through shorter examinations		x		x	x	x
Replace 2D with 3D imaging strategies capable of efficient whole heart coverage		x		x	x
Overcome physiological and physical constraints		x				x
Minimize the risk of slice mis-registration		x			x	x
Make extra bolus timing scans obsolete	x
Bypass extra parameter calibration	x				x
Uniform sensitivity to contrast enhancement					x
Eliminate the need for time consuming localization	x	x		x	x