Prospective comparison of novel dark blood late gadolinium enhancement with conventional bright blood imaging for the detection of scar

Table 1 Imaging protocol parameters

	Bright Blood LGE	DB LGE
Preparation	Inversion Preparation	Inversion Preparation & T2 preparation
Readout	Single shot, bSSFP (FA_IR = 50°, FA _PD = 8°)
Typical FOV / resolution	360 × 270 mm² 1.4 × 1.9 × 8 mm³
Matrix size	256 × 144 (parallel imaging factor 2)
Number of acquired measurements	8	16
T2 preparation TE	10–40 ms
TE/TR	1.2/2.8 ms
ECG triggering	Inversions every 2 RR (HR < 90 bpm) Inversions every 3 RR (HR > 90 bpm)

DB dark blood, ECG electrocardiom, FOV field-of-view, LGE late gadolinium enhancement, TE echo time, TR repetition time

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