Figure 1

Bar plot (A) and Bland-Altman plot (B) for clinical scores. Bar plots depict percentage of patients receiving Excellent, Good, Moderate, Poor clinical scores for specific criterions for blood to myocardial contrast (BMC), endocardial edge definition (Edef), and artifacts (Art). The combined score is the equal weights average of the three scores. Results of the Bland-Altman analyses of clinical score, given by the clinical expert, reveals the change in clinical score for each patient. Horizontal axis of Bland-Altman plot is the clinical score for BH-SSFP and vertical axis is the BH minus RT score. Blue stars correspond to patients from Institute A and orange diamonds those from Institute B.