Table 2.

FSE signal in an axial plane of the thigh station. Reported values represent the mean ± standard deviation of ratio of the anterior-right ROI divided by anterior-left ROI, for the diastolic and systolic phases of the cardiac cycle. The signal ratio was significantly different between the three groups and within each pair of groups (p < 0.0001), except for the baseline and commercial pad pair which was not significantly different (p > 0.02) for both cardiac phases.

Pad Setting		Baseline	Commercial Pad	High Permittivity Pad
FSE Signal Ratio	Diastolic	0.48 ± 0.14	0.59 ± 0.14	0.80 ± 0.21
	Systolic	0.49 ± 0.13	0.60 ± 0.15	0.88 ± 0.19