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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 12.
Published in final edited form as: J Magn Reson Imaging. 2015 Jun 26;43(1):128–137. doi: 10.1002/jmri.24979

Table 4.

Sample size calculations for global torsion as determined by the three different definitions to detect a relative change in 10, 15 or 20 % of mean (Exam A and B) torsion and torsion rate, respectively.

Sample size [n]

10 % 15 % 20 %

Twist Peak Torsion 65 29 17
Peak Systolic Torsion Rate 114 51 29
Peak Diastolic Torsion Rate 292 130 73
Normalized Twist Peak Torsion 63 28 16
Peak Systolic Torsion Rate 106 47 27
Peak Diastolic Torsion Rate 262 117 66
CL Shear Angle Peak Torsion 59 26 15
Peak Systolic Torsion Rate 141 63 36
Peak Diastolic Torsion Rate 322 143 81

CL Shear Angle, circumferential-longitudinal shear angle