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Table 1 Signal-to-noise-ratios (SNRs), inversion times, and post-injection times for viable myocardium nulling and LV blood nulling

From: Dark-blood late gadolinium enhancement without additional magnetization preparation

Subject

Viable myocardium nulling

LV blood nulling

MOLLI T1 mappinga

Time after injection [min]

Inversion time [ms]

Myocardium SNR [−]

Blood SNR [−]

Scar SNR [−]

Time after injection [min]

Inversion time [ms]

Myocardium SNR [−]

Blood SNR [−]

Scar SNR [−]

Time after injection [min]

T1 Myocardium [ms]

T1 Blood [ms]

T1 Scar [ms]

1

16

250

0.56

36.02

37.27

17

140

−19.42

6.22

10.32

21

361

207

175

2

31

262

−0.41

9.12

10.83

21

169

−9.16

−1.45

5.89

-

-

-

-

3

22

239

−4.37

16.88

20.08

23

169

−11.16

0.62

6.33

28

349

271

195

4

16

239

−4.37

26.14

21.00

15

145

−20.13

−1.68

5.99

20

327

235

170

5

28

275

−1.82

19.80

24.78

29

185

−14.19

0.00

12.82

22

390

265

180

6

24

300

−0.09

12.65

20.41

26

220

−8.16

−0.10

11.02

28

430

345

240

7

33

286

−2.76

21.48

26.40

25

187

−14.06

1.85

7.89

26

390

280

205

8

22

220

−5.35

27.32

34.78

20

127

−23.18

−1.04

13.41

-

-

-

-

9

19

261

0.37

16.15

19.40

18

168

−11.29

−0.78

9.01

-

-

-

-

mean

23

259

−2.03

20.62

23.88

22

168

−14.53

0.40

9.19

24

375

267

194

SD

6.2

25

2.28

8.24

8.14

4.6

28

5.26

2.44

2.89

4.0

36

47

26

  1. aNote that 3-5 MOLLI T1 mapping was not always successfully performed in each patient
  2. MOLLI modified Look-Locker inversion-recovery, SD standard deviation, SNR signal-to-noise ratio