Table 3 Qualitative scoring data
From: Improved dark blood imaging of the heart using radial balanced steady-state free precession
Image quality | Fat suppression | Blood nulling | RV wall visibility | LV wall visibility | Septum visibility | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Weighting | Slice Orientation | N | Radial bSSFP | Cart. FSE | Radial bSSFP | Cart. FSE | Radial bSSFP | Cart. FSE | Radial bSSFP | Cart. FSE | Radial bSSFP | Cart. FSE | Radial bSSFP | Cart. FSE |
T1 | Short-axis | 13 | 4.2 (0.4)* | 3.7 (0.5) | 4.3 (0.3)** | 3.7 (0.3) | 4.3 (0.6) | 4.3 (0.3) | 4.1 (0.6)** | 3.1 (0.8) | 4.7 (0.3)* | 3.9 (0.7) | 4.7 (0.4)* | 4.2 (0.5) |
T1 | Four-chamber | 7 | 3.8 (0.3)* | 3.0 (0.5) | 3.8 (0.4)* | 3.1 (0.8) | 3.5 (0.6) | 3.1 (0.7) | 3.9 (0.3)* | 2.6 (0.4) | 4.1 (0.2) | 3.9 (0.4) | 4.3 (0.3)* | 3.5 (0.4) |
T1 | Any | 20 | 4.0 (0.4)** | 3.4 (0.6) | 4.2 (0.4)*** | 3.5 (0.6) | 4.0 (0.7) | 3.8 (0.7) | 4.0 (0.5)*** | 2.9 (0.7) | 4.5 (0.4)** | 3.9 (0.6) | 4.5 (0.4)** | 4.0 (0.6) |
T2 | Short-axis | 20 | 3.7 (0.7)* | 3.2 (0.9) | 4.2 (0.4)*** | 3.6 (0.5) | 3.4 (0.7)** | 4.0 (0.6) | 3.7 (0.9)** | 2.7 (1.0) | 4.1 (0.8)** | 3.3 (1.0) | 4.4 (0.8) | 4.0 (0.9) |
T2 | Four-chamber | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
T2 | Any | 21 | 3.7 (0.7) | 3.3 (0.9) | 4.2 (0.4)*** | 3.6 (0.5) | 3.4 (0.7)** | 4.0 (0.6) | 3.7 (0.9)** | 2.7 (1.0) | 4.1 (0.8)** | 3.4 (1.0) | 4.4 (0.8) | 4.0 (0.9) |
all comparisons | 41 | 3.9 (0.6)** | 3.4 (0.7) | 4.2 (0.4)*** | 3.5 (0.5) | 3.7 (0.8) | 3.9 (0.7) | 3.8 (0.8)*** | 2.8 (0.9) | 4.3 (0.7)*** | 3.6 (0.9) | 4.5 (0.6)*** | 4.0 (0.7) | |