Table 4.
CMR pulse-sequence details and image quality assessment
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Used type of cine-sequence | |
| Steady-state free precession (SSFP), n (%) | 9 (39%) |
| Spoiled gradient echo (GRE), n (%) | 23 (100%) |
| Artefacts in cine images after optimization, n (%) | |
| No artefacts / no limitation | 0 (0%) |
| Good image quality with limited artefacts | 17 (74%) |
| Poor image quality with substantial artefacts | 5 (22%) |
| Image assessment impossible due to extensive artefacts | 1 (4%) |
| Used type of LGE-sequence | |
| Conventional inversion-recovery LGE-sequence, n (%) | 22 (96%) |
| Modified wide-band LGE-sequence, n (%) | 20 (87%) |
| Artefacts in LGE images after optimization | |
| No artefacts / no limitation | 0 (0%) |
| Good image quality with limited artefacts | 13 (56%) |
| Poor image quality with substantial artefacts | 10 (44%) |
| Image assessment impossible due to extensive artefacts | 0 (0%) |
| Artefact minimization by additional use of wide-band LGE, n (%) | 15 (65%) |
| Artefact minimization by changing phase encoding direction, n (%) | 9 (39%) |
| T2-weighted edema imaging, n (%) | 23 (100%) |
| Artefacts in T2-weighted edema images, n (%) | |
| No artefacts / no limitation | 1 (4%) |
| Good image quality with limited artefacts | 15 (65%) |
| Poor image quality with substantial artefacts | 7 (30%) |
| Image assessment impossible due to extensive artefacts | 0 (0%) |
| Velocity-encoded phase-contrast imaging of aortic flow, n (%) | 21 (91%) |
| Artefacts in phase-contrast aortic flow images, n (%) | |
| No artefacts / no limitation | 14 (61%) |
| Good image quality with limited artefacts | 7 (30%) |
| Poor image quality with substantial artefacts | 0 (0%) |
| Image assessment impossible due to extensive artefacts | 0 (0%) |
| Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) at rest, n (%) | 16 (70%) |
| Artefacts in resting perfusion images, n (%) | |
| No artefacts / no limitation | 1 (4%) |
| Good image quality with limited artefacts | 7 (30%) |
| Poor image quality with substantial artefacts | 5 (22%) |
| Image assessment impossible due to extensive artefacts | 3 (13%) |
| 3D-CMR angiography of the aorta, n (%) | 15 (65%) |
| Artefacts in 3D-CMR angiography images, n (%) | |
| No artefacts / no limitation | 14 (61%) |
| Good image quality with limited artefacts | 1 (4%) |
| Poor image quality with substantial artefacts | 0 (0%) |
| Image assessment impossible due to extensive artefacts | 0 (0%) |