Local Multi-Channel RF Surface Coil versus Body RF Coil Transmission for Cardiac Magnetic Resonance at 3 Tesla: Which Configuration Is Winning the Game?
Fig 9
Effects of transmission regime on left ventricle quantification.
Left ventricle (LV) cardiac chamber quantification in a cohort of 11 subjects obtained for all transmission regimes were examined by evaluating a stack of short axis views ranging from apex to base. Bland-Altman plots of (a) LV end-diastolic volume (EDV), (b) LV end-systolic volume (ESV), (c) LV ejection fraction (EF) and (d) LV mass. No statistically significant differences were found between the reference (BC/32RX) and the BC/4RX setup (circles), the 4TX/4RX with phase setting Φ1 (squares) or the 4TX/4RX with phase setting Φ2 (stars). Data points of the same subject were marked with identical colors.