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CMR Essentials · Lessons

An interactive course for radiographers and physicians, in two sections: Essential knowledge and Planning. Each lesson ends with questions and unlocks the next one.

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  1. Essential knowledgeCardiac anatomy and views, ventricular function, wall thickness, coronary anatomy, infarct patterns and late enhancement.
  2. 🫀Lesson 1 · ≈ 21 minCardiac topographyHow the heart sits in the chest, what the cardiac axes are, and how the LV walls and 17 segments are named.Start
  3. 🧭Lesson 2 · ≈ 18 minLeft ventricular axesWhich walls and segments each LV long axis (4C, 3C and 2C) cuts, and how to spot a misaligned plane.Start
  4. 🎯2 · PracticePractice: left-heart viewsPractise what you learned in the previous module: obtain the 3C, 4C and 2C by turning a single line on the short axis.Practise
  5. ➡️Lesson 3 · ≈ 22 minRight axesThe long axes of the right heart: RV 2C and 3C and the RV outflow tract, how to plan them and how they look on cine.Start
  6. 🎯3 · PracticePractice: right-heart viewsPractise what you learned in the previous module: obtain the RV 2C, RV 3C and RVOT by turning a single line.Practise
  7. 📈Lesson 4 · ≈ 17 minSystolic functionEjection fraction, volumes, how to contour and how to check that the numbers make sense.Start
  8. 🧩Lesson 5 · ≈ 17 minRegional functionWall motion: normokinesia, hypokinesia, akinesia and dyskinesia, how they relate to LGE, and pseudodyskinesia.Start
  9. 📏Lesson 6 · ≈ 26 minWall thicknessWhy LV wall thickness matters, its causes and thresholds, how to measure it well and which patterns and pitfalls to look for.Start
  10. 👑Lesson 7 · ≈ 17 minBasic coronary anatomyThe coronary arteries and their branches, dominance, why the lesion level does not always match the infarct level, and coronary plaque.Start
  11. 💔Lesson 8 · ≈ 26 minInfarct patternsWhich segments an infarct involves depending on the artery and the level of occlusion: proximal, mid and distal LAD, the PDA and dominance, and how to tell the RCA from the Cx, with cine and LGE cases.Start
  12. 🔬Lesson 9 · ≈ 33 minMyocardial fibrosis and late enhancementReplacement and interstitial fibrosis, ischaemic and non-ischaemic late enhancement and its patterns, LGE mimics and quantification.Start
  13. PlanningProtocols and sequences, localisers and view planning, the simulator and the calculators.
  14. 📋Lesson 10 · ≈ 23 minProtocols and sequencesHow a CMR protocol is built around the clinical question, what each sequence is for, what it looks like and what it is called on Siemens, GE, Philips and Canon.Start
  15. 🎯Lesson 11 · ≈ 31 minLocalisers and planningFrom localisers and pilots to the final LV axes: the two-reference recipe for the 3C, 4C and 2C, the LV outflow tract and the full short-axis stack.Start
  16. 🎮Lesson 12 · ≈ 10 minCMR simulatorPractise the two-reference recipe: plan the 3C, 4C and 2C in the simulator and earn a medal for the accuracy of each plane.Start
  17. Lesson 13 · ≈ 15 minCalculatorsPractise with four everyday CMR calculators: gadolinium dose by weight and kidney function, adenosine infusion, extracellular volume (ECV) and indexed ventricular volumes.Start
  18. 🕹️CMR simulation moduleA simulator to practise the cardiac MR exam on a virtual patient: plan the views and adjust the sequences while seeing the effect on the image.⏳ Coming soon