A series of MR image frames are acquired that depict a subject's heart at
successive cardiac phases. Delayed enhancement of infarcted myocardium is
depicted in some of the image frames by administering a contrast agent
prior to data acquisition. Data acquisition is performed in a single
breath hold by producing an RF inversion pulse followed by segments of
SSFP pulse sequences during a succession of cardiac gated heart beats.
The acquired MR image frames depict contrast between blood, viable
myocardium and nonviable myocardium, and they depict left ventricle wall
thickness and wall thickening throughout the cardiac cycle.