T₂^* maps derived from single cardiac phase and dynamic CINE mapping of a four chamber and short axis view of the heart at end-diastole and end-systole.

<p>Four chamber (top) and short axis view T₂^* colour maps obtained from <b>MS</b> and <b>MB CINE</b> superimposed to anatomical 2D CINE FLASH gray scale images. For <b>MB CINE</b> a systolic and diastolic phase was chosen to match the cardiac phase with the end-systolic and end-diastolic phase derived from <b>MS</b>. T₂^* maps deduced from <b>MS</b> and <b>MB CINE</b> showed no significant differences between both methods in the segmental analysis of T₂^* values. When comparing systolic and diastolic T₂^* maps significant differences were found with p = 0.002 for MS and p = 0.01 for <b>MB CINE</b>.