Recently, researchers have reported the potential value of CMR texture, especially for evaluation of ischemic and non-ischemic cardiomyopathy. However, these studies were mostly based on more advanced CMR sequences, and focused on myocardial disease at a later stage. Just one paper reports the application of TA using conventional CINE CMR sequences, and only one paper mentions healthy population myocardial TA with a small cohort. There are three main aims of this thesis. Firstly, to explore...