The Future of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

Cardiovascular imaging is an essential component of the diagnostic investigations in clinical cardiology. Imaging is ALSO a major cost factor in medicine; thus, for selecting an imaging technique, an individual, informed decision must be based on accessibility, safety, diagnostic accuracy, cost, and its added value to therapeutic or preventive decision-making. Current imaging techniques use a large range of the electromagnetic frequency spectrum to acquire information: