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Table 2 Myocardial relaxation times derived from regions of interest in healthy volunteers

From: Simultaneous three-dimensional myocardial T1 and T2 mapping in one breath hold with 3D-QALAS

Cases

Region

3D-QALAS T1

MOLLI

3D-QALAS T2

T2-DE

  

T1 (ms)

T1 (ms)

T2 (ms)

T2 (ms)

10 Healthy

Septal

1111 ± 46

1096 ± 62

51.1 ± 4.2

51.5 ± 4.4

 

Anterior

1066 ± 35

1071 ± 53

49.3 ± 3.3

49.7 ± 3.0

 

Lateral

1072 ± 46

1088 ± 43

50.2 ± 3.2

50.0 ± 3.3

 

Posterior

1084 ± 32

1103 ± 54

50.9 ± 3.8

50.0 ± 3.0

 

Averages

1083 ± 43

1089 ± 54

50.4 ± 3.6

50.3 ± 3.5

  1. Mean values and standard deviations of myocardial relaxation times from ten healthy volunteers assessed in four regions within a short axis slice with 3D-QALAS, MOLLI and Dual Echo GraSE EPI.