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Table 2 LV blood-myocardium sharpness of ECG BH vs. sGS FB images

From: Sorted Golden-step phase encoding: an improved Golden-step imaging technique for cardiac and respiratory self-gated cine cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging

Sharpness (mm− 1)

SAX DIA

SAX SYS

LAX DIA

LAX SYS

ECG BH

0.496 ± 0.038

0.457 ± 0.019

0.458 ± 0.023

0.444 ± 0.030

sGS FB

0.447 ± 0.037

0.420 ± 0.032

0.403 ± 0.030

0.372 ± 0.034

Difference

0.048 ± 0.023

0.036 ± 0.020

0.055 ± 0.018

0.073 ± 0.033

P value (t-test)

0.010

0.015

0.003

0.008

  1. ECG BH ECG-gated breath-hold reference cines, sGS FB free-breathing self-gated sorted golden step cines, SAX short axis, LAX long axis, DIA end-diastole, SYS end-systole, LV left ventricle
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Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

ISSN: 1532-429X

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