Table 1 Differences of D_mean for the heart, pericardium and left ventricular myocardium after specific 3DCT image reconstruction and after accumulation

Accumulation

21.76 ± 3.03

21.87 ± 2.59

10.12 ± 3.91

MIP

23.01 ± 2.24

22.84 ± 2.06

10.05 ± 3.31

AIP

22.91 ± 2.49

22.96 ± 2.17

8.25 ± 3.92

Min-IP

22.67 ± 3.07

23.14 ± 2.32

7.16 ± 4.52

Δ_{(MIP vs. Accumulation)}

1.38 ± 0.85

1.04 ± 0.65

1.14 ± 0.87

Δ_{(AIP vs. Accumulation)}

1.21 ± 0.63

1.11 ± 0.52

1.93 ± 1.20

Δ_{(Min-IP vs. Accumulation)}

1.05 ± 0.52

1.27 ± 0.65

3.20 ± 1.60

p _{(MIP vs. Accumulation)}

0.023

0.080

0.952

p _{(AIP vs. Accumulation)}

0.033

0.032

0.122

p _{(Min-IP vs. Accumulation)}

0.116

0.019

0.002