Table 1.

Objective evaluation of image quality for LGE_DL and LGE_O

	SD					SNR
	LGE DL	LGE O	t/Z	p		LGE DL	LGE O	t/Z	p
S1	31.95 ± 21.82	45.74 ± 28.29	5.592	< 0.05		113.89 ± 98.62	33.58 ± 33.36	4.759	< 0.05
S2	36.04 ± 28.27	47.19 ± 30.01	4.522	< 0.05		106.97 ± 103.87	39.10 ± 41.45	3.724	< 0.05
S3	43.34 ± 30.63	52.37 ± 26.63	3.272	< 0.05		98.82 ± 93.38	38.16 ± 41.42	3.667	< 0.05
S4	33.05 ± 20.62	49.28 ± 23.02	5.498	< 0.05		91.24 ± 85.00	32.62 ± 34.86	4.033	< 0.05
S5	39.44 ± 21.07	54.61 ± 24.43	5.111	< 0.05		103.87 ± 98.09	38.78 ± 39.78	3.767	< 0.05
S6	32.77 ± 16.73	45.97 ± 23.14	5.014	< 0.05		94.96 ± 85.96	33.38 ± 36.85	4.105	< 0.05
S7	34.42 ± 27.18	40.79 ± 22.09	2.521	< 0.05		100.95 ± 86.57	32.86 ± 30.23	4.83	< 0.05
S8	30.44 ± 26.95	44.75 ± 39.61	4.877	< 0.05		105.97 ± 94.58	33.87 ± 33.44	4.493	< 0.05
S9	36.21 ± 29.37	45.13 ± 29.37	4.374	< 0.05		96.92 ± 86.47	34.78 ± 37.62	4.155	< 0.05
S10	37.10 ± 27.54	47.98 ± 29.08	4.647	< 0.05		104.39 ± 90.32	34.46 ± 35.53	4.399	< 0.05
S11	40.92 ± 32.34	49.84 ± 32.27	3.390	< 0.05		98.00 ± 88.76	35.03 ± 34.21	4.241	< 0.05
S12	40.24 ± 22.70	45.43 ± 21.20	2.704	< 0.05		97.53 ± 85.58	30.49 ± 32.78	4.845	< 0.05
S13	28.45 ± 18.92	38.97 ± 21.52	4.845	< 0.05		102.41 ± 91.98	33.74 ± 33.13	4.522	< 0.05
S14	31.75 ± 22.24	40.39 ± 24.62	5.046	< 0.05		82.85 ± 80.32	24.64 ± 27.49	4.371	< 0.05
S15	33.68 ± 21.04	43.25 ± 24.02	3.081	< 0.05		107.57 ± 95.83	29.81 ± 29.20	4.866	< 0.05
S16	36.33 ± 22.36	44.71 ± 25.96	2.956	< 0.05		92.44 ± 78.39	27.39 ± 24.56	5.039	< 0.05
WM	36.38 ± 19.55	46.03 ± 18.65	5.789	< 0.05		99.93 ± 81.42	33.29 ± 30.89	4.644	< 0.05
MDEA	47.39 ± 41.22	59.77 ± 44.08	6.206	< 0.05
BG	3.14 ± 2.48	6.17 ± 4.03	6.052	< 0.05

Note: SD, standard deviation; SNR, signal-to-noise ratio; WM, whole myocardium; MDEA, myocardium delayed enhancement area; BG, background