Table 4 Scar-to-blood, scar-to-myocardium and blood-to-myocardium relative contrast in each animal dataset (in gray blood (GB), black blood (BB), and conventional (phase-sensitive inversion recovery) late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) sequences)

1.76

1.27

1.56

1.33

1.73

1.53 ± 0.22

4.67

4.43

5.71

7.23

3.85

5.18 ± 1.33

0.013

−0.19

−0.025

−0.17

0.21

−0.03 ± 0.16

17.59

4.80

6.91

7.66

7.87

8.97 ± 4.97

5.72

4.77

4.18

6.18

2.44

4.66 ± 1.47

2.43

3.32

16.73

3.14

10.04

7.13 ± 6.19

5.73

1.55

2.09

2.72

2.25

2.87 ± 1.66

0.185

0.06

−0.23

−0.13

−0.29

0.08 ± 0.19

2.38

4.3

17.19

3.99

8.12

7.20 ± 5.97