Fig. (1) Example of bright blood cine images of a rat heart at 9.4T. Standard orientations consisting of two and four chamber long-axis and short-axis views are acquired. The upper row shows corresponding images for end diastolic (ED) time frame and the lower row end systolic (ES) time point. la: left atrium, mv: mitral valve, lv: left ventricle, ra; right atrium, rv: right ventricle, lvw: left ventricular wall, rvw: right ventricular wall, pap: papillary muscle. The scale bar represents 1 cm.