Table 1 Mean ± SD and range of T2 values measured in all volunteers in RV and LV with MLEV4 and MLEV8 T2 preparation schemes. Reduced maximum SD shows lower variability within the ROI for MLEV8.
From: An improved preparation pulse for quantitative t2 mapping of blood in the cardiac chambers
MLEV4 | MLEV8 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
RV | LV | RV | LV | |
Mean ± SD (ms) across subjects | 152.36 ± 14.55 | 160.72 ± 31.17 | 185.26 ± 18.64* | 224.44 ± 12.41*ϯ |
Coefficient of Variation across subjects | 9.55 | 19.4 | 10.06 | 5.53 |
Maximum SD within each ROI across subjects | 21.3 | 21.9 | 15.7 | 17.9 |