The assessment of diastolic heart function has been hampered by multiple difficulties. Cardiac MR (CMR) is a new, noninvasive technique to evaluate global and regional diastolic function. The purpose of this article is to review the potential role of CMR in the evaluation of diastolic heart function. We will illustrate various MR techniques and parameters for the assessment of diastolic function. MR techniques for the evaluation of global diastolic function includes the measurement of transmitral and pulmonary vein flow using velocity-encoding imaging (i.e. time to velocity and time to volume curve) and the time to volumetric assessment of 3-dimensional atrial and ventricular chamber. Recently, myocardial tagged MRI using CSPAMM with spiral readout sequence is applicable for the evaluation of regional diastolic function. Also, HARP software is useful method for the analysis of myocardial tagged MRI. In this exhibit, the current status of CMR for the evaluation of diastolic function and its clinical application will be extensively reviewed on the basis of our experience.