Table 1.

Timings and results for untriggered, end-systole and diastasis triggered measurements. Data from the selected voxels of all volunteers are pooled and given as mean ± SD.

		Untriggered	End-systole	Diastasis	Mean${}^{\mathrm{a}}$
Heart rate (bpm)		58 ± 9	59 ± 10	60 ± 9	60 ± 9
${\text{T}}_{\mathrm{R},\mathrm{eff}}$ (ms)		2138 ± 217	2114 ± 358	2061 ± 318	2069 ± 303
Total scan time (min)		12.7 ± 1.5	14.1 ± 1.3	13.9 ± 1.2	13.6 ± 1.5
Trigger delay (ms)		N/A	248 ± 26	682 ± 89	N/A
Trigger delay ($\%$)		N/A	24 ± 5	68 ± 9	N/A
SNR (PCr)		23.0 ± 7.5	27.5 ± 9.6*	20.9 ± 5.8†	23.0 ± 7.2
PCr/ATP	Value	1.79 ± 0.25	1.72 ± 0.27	1.72 ± 0.33	1.75 ± 0.27
	CRLB	0.22 ± 0.07	0.17 ± 0.06*	0.22 ± 0.06†	0.21 ± 0.07
Pi/PCr	Value	0.14 ± 0.04	0.14 ± 0.05	0.15 ± 0.07	0.15 ± 0.05
	CRLB	0.05 ± 0.01	0.05 ± 0.01	0.06 ± 0.01†	0.05 ± 0.02
pH	Value	7.050 ± 0.085	7.047 ± 0.053	7.068 ± 0.053	7.057 ± 0.061
	CRLB	0.031 ± 0.015	0.027 ± 0.011	0.035 ± 0.013†	0.031 ± 0.013

bpm beats per minute. ${}^{\mathrm{a}}$Mean of all five acquired scans per volunteer. *Significantly different to untriggered ($P<0.05$).

${}^{†}$ Significant difference between end-systole and diastasis ($P<0.05$).