Table 1
From: Acceleration of whole heart and targeted coronary artery imaging at 3 T with a 32-channel coil
| Â | Â | 32-channel | 6-channel | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Targeted | Whole-heart | Targeted | Whole-heart |
Vessel length | RCA | 90 ± 27 | 94 ± 28 | 95 ± 29 | 98 ± 30 |
|  | LM + LAD | 62 ± 12 | 52 ± 15 | 56 ± 7 | 52 ± 15 |
Vessel diameter | RCA | 3.1 ± 0.3 | 3.5 ± 0.3 | 3.0 ± 0.2 | 3.6 ± 0.4 |
|  | LM + LAD | 2.7 ± 0.2 | 3.2 ± 0.5 | 2.7 ± 0.2 | 3.2 ± 0.4 |
Vessel sharpness | RCA | 0.43 ± 0.04 | 0.55 ± 0.05 | 0.42 ± 0.06 | 0.51 ± 0.05 |
|  | LM + LAD | 0.37 ± 0.04 | 0.52 ± 0.07 | 0.37 ± 0.06 | 0.48 ± 0.06 |
SNR muscle | RCA | 16 ± 8 | 12 ± 5 | 17 ± 6 | 16 ± 6 |
|  | LM + LAD | 14 ± 4 | 14 ± 5 | 14 ± 5 | 14 ± 6 |
SNR blood | RCA | 32 ± 15 | 23 ± 11 | 33 ± 10 | 29 ± 8 |
|  | LM + LAD | 31 ± 11 | 30 ± 9 | 31 ± 11 | 26 ± 11 |
CNR | RCA | 16 ± 8 | 12 ± 7 | 16 ± 4 | 12 ± 3 |
|  | LM + LAD | 17 ± 7 | 12 ± 4 | 17 ± 6 | 12 ± 5 |
Image quality | RCA | 3.0 ± 0.0 | 2.6 ± 0.5 | 2.9 ± 0.8 | 2.9 ± 0.6 |
|  | LM + LAD | 2.6 ± 0.7 | 2.8 ± 0.7 | 2.8 ± 0.7 | 2,6 ± 0.7 |