Figure 10c. Midventricular short-axis end-systolic cine MR images based on data obtained with the DENSE technique during a single breath-hold in a healthy volunteer. (a) Magnitude-reconstructed image. (b) Two-dimensional displacement map computed from a phase-reconstructed image. Each vector in the map represents the end-diastolic-to-end-systolic motion of the myocardium as depicted in a single pixel. (c) Color-coded myocardial strain map shows circumferential shortening, which was computed from the displacement field. (Courtesy of D. Kim, W. D. Gilson, C. M. Kramer, and F. H. Epstein, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Va.)