Quantitative pixel-wise measurement of myocardial blood flow: The impact of surface coil-related field inhomogeneity and a comparison of methods for its correction

Table 2 Myocardial blood flow in remote and ischaemic coronary territories quant ified using each surface coil intensity correction technique in patients with coronary artery disease

	Remote territory MBF (mL/min/kg)	Ischaemic territory MBF (mL/min/kg)	Difference (mL/min/kg)
PD-SCIC	2.24 ± 0.78	1.75 ± 0.53	0.50 ± 0.63
SSFP-SCIC	2.46 ± 1.03	1.84 ± 0.60	0.63 ± 0.89
No-SCIC	2.31 ± 1.05	2.25 ± 0.99	0.06 ± 0.91

See text for details. MBF indicates myocardial blood flow; PD-SCIC perfusion quantification performed using a proton density-based surface coil intensity correction technique; SSFP-SCIC perfusion quantification performed using a saturation recovery steady-state free precession-based surface coil intensity correction technique; No-SCIC perfusion quantification performed without surface coil intensity correction.

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