Table 1. SNR and CNR of infarcted and normal myocardium of the segmented IR–GE and single-shot IR–GE sequences.

Parameter	2D segmented IR	Single-shot IR	p-value
SNRnormal	3.9±1.1	3.0±0.4	0.453
SNRinfarct	29.2±6.3	26.9±2.9	0.747
CNR	37.9±4.1	31.2±6.7	0.405

2D, two-dimensional; CNR, contrast-to-noise ratio; GE, gradient echo; IR, inversion recovery; SNR, signal-to-noise ratio.