Figure 2

Mid-ventricular stress image (A) and corresponding myocardial blood flow pixel maps (B-D) in a patient with a significant stenosis in the left anterior descending (LAD) artery. The myocardial blood flow maps generated using surface coil intensity correction performed using a proton density-weighted image (PD-SCIC; B) and using a SSFP image (SSFP-SCIC; C) demonstrate a perfusion defect in the anterior wall and septum corresponding to the LAD stenosis. However, in the map generated without applying SCIC (No-SCIC; D), blood flow is highest in the anterior wall and septum, the opposite of what is correct.