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Table 1 Previously published in-vivo human myocardial T2 values.

From: T2 quantification for improved detection of myocardial edema

Year

T2 (ms)

Authors

Reference

1984

57 ± 16

Bottomley et al.

Med Phys. 1984 Jul-Aug;11(4):425-48.

1985

42.41

McNamara et al.

Circulation. 1985:71, No. 4, 717-724.

1993

50 ± 3

Walker et al.

Magn Reson Med. 1993 May;29(5):637-41.

1998

44.3 ± 3.5

Mavrogeni et al.

MAGMA. 1998 Aug;6(1):7-12

1998

48.3 ± 5.5

Mavrogeni et al.

Int J Card Imaging. 1998 Apr;14(2):117-22

2000

57.95 ± 4.9

Papanikolaou et al.

Acta Radiol. 2000 Jul;41(4):348-51.

2003

52 ± 4.3

Foltz et al.

Magn Reson Med. 2003 Jun;49(6):1089-97.

2005

58.1 ± 7.1

Mavrogeni et al.

Chest. 2005 Jan;127(1):143-8.

2006

56.9 ± 8.4

He et al.

J Magn Reson Imaging. 2006 Sep;24(3):580-5

2007

54 ± 4.3

Huang et al.

Magn Reson Med. 2007 May;57(5):960-6.

2009

50 ± 4

Blume et al.

J Magn Reson Imaging. 2009 Feb;29(2):480-7

2009

54 ± 6.8

Sparrow et al.

J Magn Reson Imaging. 2009 Nov;30(5):942-6.

  1. 1 Indicates the T2 measured in the myocardium of normal volunteers, as reported by the study. The paper also reported T2 of normal (remote) myocardium in patients; the value was 42.3 ms.