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Table 1 Mean ratings of both reviewers 2 for SSFP images.

From: Clinical CMR at 3.0 Tesla using parallel RF transmission with patient-adaptive B1 shimming: initial experience

 

Image inhomogeneity

Off-Resonance artifacts

Diagnostic confidence

Mode

Single

Transmit

Multi Transmit

Single Transmit

Multi Transmit

Single Transmit

Multi Transmit

Left ventricle

2,1 ± 0,7*

3,4 ± 0,7 *

2,4 ± 1 *

3,8 ± 0,4 *

2,8 ± 0,8 *

3,6 ± 0,5 *

Right ventricle

2,0 ± 0,6*

3,2 ± 0,7*

1,9 ± 1 *

3,4 ± 0,5 *

2,4 ± 0,9 *

3,5 ± 0,5 *

  1. * = p < 0.0001
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Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

ISSN: 1532-429X

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