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Table 3 Comparison of quantified LGE area and fraction between conventional and synthetic LGE images

From: The image quality and diagnostic accuracy of T1-mapping-based synthetic late gadolinium enhancement imaging: comparison with conventional late gadolinium enhancement imaging in real-life clinical situation

 

Conventional

Synthetic

P-value*

MagIR

   

 LGE area (cm2)

12.9 ± 10.6

16.0 ± 12.3

0.35

 LGE fraction (%)

19.6 ± 13.2

20.6 ± 13.6

0.15

PSIR

 LGE area (cm2)

15.3 ± 12.2

17.3 ± 12.8

0.57

 LGE fraction (%)

17.9 ± 12.7

20.7 ± 13.2

0.37

  1. Data are mean of the two readers’ measurement, mean ± standard deviations
  2. LGE late gadolinium enhancement, MagIR magnitude-reconstructed inversion recovery, PSIR phase-sensitive inversion recovery
  3. *P-value < 0.05