Evin Ina Papalini1, Christian Polte2, and Kerstin Magdalena Lagerstrand1
1Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, Gothenburg, Sweden
1Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, Gothenburg, Sweden
The
non-contrast-based MRI technique balanced-SSFP displays quantitative texture features
in patients with clinically suspected myocarditis.
Figure
1. Example of a typical free-hand region
of interest drawn on a short axis bSSFP image, encompassing the left
ventricular myocardium.
Figure 2. Box-Whisker
plots illustrating the differences for the significant texture features between
patients with myocarditis and controls on bSSFP images. The median is
represented by the centerline of the boxplot with upper and lower limits of
25th and 75th percentiles, respectively. The Whiskers extending from the boxes
indicates the most extreme values within 25th and 75th percentiles
±1.5*interquartile range; data points beyond the whiskers are displayed as +.
Texture features are dimensionless. bSSFP = balanced
steady-state-free-precession.
