%0 Journal Article %@ 1532-429X %A Tsaftaris, Sotirios A. %A Zhou, Xiangzhi %A Tang, Richard %A Li, Debiao %A Dharmakumar, Rohan %D 2009 %F eprints:836 %I Society for cardiovascular magnetic resonance %J Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance %N Suppl %P P216 %T Automated detection and quantification of microcirculatory oxygenation changes in the heart %U http://eprints.imtlucca.it/836/ %V 11 %X Blood-oxygen-level dependent (BOLD) MRI may be used for detecting myocardial oxygenation (MO) changes secondary to coronary artery stenosis (CAS). Under pharmacological stress, the myocardial territory affected by CAS appears hypointense relative to healthy regions in BOLD images.