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Figure 1 (A) This panel shows an axial delayed enhanced image from an arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia patient. The signal intensity of the right ventricular (RV) myocardium is increased, similar to that of epicardial fat. (B) This panel shows the same level of the myocardium as panel A, using the same pulse sequence with chemical shift fat suppression. The enhanced RV anterior wall is well-appreciated (arrows), and fat in the anterior chest wall has low signal intensity (arrowhead). (C) This panel shows the same pulse sequence as panel B except that body coil was used for signal transmission and reception. Although the signal-to-noise ratio is decreased compared with surface coil imaging in panels A and B, the signal intensity is more uniform across the field of view. This confirms that the RV signal is increased (arrows) because of increased myocardial signal rather than proximity to the phased array surface coil.
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