Robust universal nonrigid motion correction framework for first‐pass cardiac MR perfusion imaging

To present and assess an automatic nonrigid image registration framework that compensates motion in cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) perfusion series and auxiliary images acquired under a wide range of conditions to facilitate myocardial perfusion quantification.

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