Table 4: Visual assessment scores for image quality in terms ofthe artifacts from the leads and IPG that impaired the ability to evaluate the signals inside the left ventricular walls in short-axis fat-suppressed black blood T2-weighted images


Anterior Septal Inferior Lateral
Basal 3.9 ± 0.3 3.7 ± 0.5 3.9 ± 0.3 3.9 ± 0.3
Mid 3.9 ± 0.3 3.8 ± 0.5 4.0 ± 0.0 3.9 ± 0.3
Apical 4.0 ± 0.0 3.9 ± 0.3 4.0 ± 0.0 4.0 ± 0.0

(Mean ± SD)