Survey of T2* derived from phantom studies for single cardiac phase and for CINE T2* mapping techniques.

Mean T2* and standard deviation of T2* derived from ME, MS, ME CINE, MS CINE and MB CINE acquisitions using a slice thickness ranging from 8 mm to 2.5 mm. For all slice thicknesses the top rows show T2* for the long T2* phantom while the bottom rows show T2* for the medium T2* phantom. For the long T2* phantom T2* was observed for a ROI (diameter 2 cm) placed in the iso-center of an axial slice of the phantom. For the mediumT2* phantom T2* was observed for a ROI (diameter 6 cm). Please note, for CINE protocols temporal T2* variation is given in parentheses as standard deviation of mean T2* over the CINE cycle.