Figure 2
In-vivo characterization of native T1 times obtained with the STONE sequence and the MOLLI sequence in terms of measurement, precision and reproducibility. A 16-segment model based analysis was performed using the three mid-ventricular slices of the STONE sequence, and is compared with a 6-segment model based analysis of the MOLLI sequence using a single slice which corresponds to the middle slice of the STONE sequence. The STONE sequence yields higher accuracy (p<0.001), higher precision (p=0.001), and similar reproducibility (p=0.18) compared to MOLLI.