Table 1.

Mean and standard deviation (SD) of DTI parameters (ADC: apparent diffusion coefficient; FA: fractional anisotropy; λ₁, λ₂ and λ₃: 1st, 2nd and 3rd eigenvalues) over the myocardial volume in three mechanical states.

	Slack		Overloaded		Contracture
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
ADC (×10−3 mm2 s−1)	1.70	0.10	1.56	0.26	1.62	0.21
FA	0.32	0.02	0.32	0.02	0.28	0.02
λ1 (×10−3 mm2 s−1)	2.31	0.14	2.11	0.37	2.08	0.31
λ2 (×10−3 mm2 s−1)	1.69	0.09	1.53	0.26	1.58	0.23
λ3 (×10−3 mm2 s−1)	1.21	0.09	1.10	0.22	1.20	0.18
λ1/λ2	1.40	0.04	1.41	0.05	1.35	0.02
λ2/λ3	1.46	0.06	1.47	0.07	1.35	0.05