Figure 1

Comparison of end-diastole (left column) and end-systole (right column) short axis views acquired using a spatial resolution of 156x234x800 μm3 (a,b,c,d) and 69x115x800 μm3 (e,f). The depiction of anatomic details for left ventricular papillary muscles and right ventricular trabeculae is enhanced in the CryoProbe (CP) images (a,b) compared to the room temperature (RT) coil images (c,d,e,f) for both diastole and systole. Coronary arteries are more pronounced in the CryoProbe images. The lateral right endocardial boundary is better delineated in the CryoProbe images. The signal-to-noise ratio of the lower resolved images acquired with the RT-coil (47±9, e,f) is comparable to that of the higher resolved images acqured with the CryoProbe (54±7, a,b).