Table 2.

The heart water and fat peak line-widths presented in Hertz (Hz) and ppm (part per million) as mean ± standard deviation - peaks at 1.3 ppm and 0.9 ppm for the ex-vivo data (N=70). A value of p less than 0.05 denotes significant difference in the 1.5-T and 3-T values.

	Ex-vivo			In-vivo
	Water	Methylene	Methyl	Water	Methylene	Methyl
	4.7 ppm	1.3 ppm	0.9 ppm	4.7 ppm	1.3 ppm	0.9 ppm
3T (Hz)	19.6±14.1	29.5±9.7	34.5±28.7	23.1±6.0	26.2±10.3	24.1±18.7
1.5T (Hz)	10.5±6.4	16.7±5.8	25.8±17.4	17.8±8.2	17.8±6.6	12.4±9.2
p (1.5T vs. 3T)	<0.05	<0.05	<0.05	<0.05	<0.05	<0.05
3T (ppm)	0.16±0.11	0.24±0.08	0.28±0.23	0.19±0.05	0.21±0.08	0.20±0.15
1.5T (ppm)	0.17±0.1	0.27±0.09	0.41±0.28	0.29±0.13	0.29±0.11	0.24±0.13
p (1.5T vs. 3T)	0.47	<0.05	<0.05	<0.05	<0.05	0.63