Table 2 Left ventricle end-diastole and end-systole volumes and ejection fraction of the heart-phantom pair. These values were measured with four imaging modalities and calculated with manual and automated methods

Reference value

110

–

62

–

43.6

–

MRI

107.0 ± 6.4

108.8 ± 3.2

120

59.7 ± 4.8

59.5 ± 2.4

67

44.3 ± 1.7

45.3 ± 1.0

44.7

SPECT ERNA

145.7 ± 50.2

111.8 ± 8.8

113¹

120.8 ± 3.4²

89.1 ± 41.2

75.3 ± 13.5

A.1.1.1.1.1.1. 60¹

51.8 ± 12.4²

40.3 ± 12.2

32.8 ± 10.0

A.1.1.1.1.1.2. 46.9¹

57.1 ± 10.3²

Planar ERNA

–

–

–

–

46.0 ± 2.8

45.1 ± 6.7

46.4

Native 3D PET/CT

103.9 ± 4.9

108.5 ± 4.9

89.5 ± 0.6³

54.6 ± 2.6

58.4 ± 2.5

48.0 ± 0³

47.5 ± 1.9

46.2 ± 1.6

46.4 ± 0.3³

“Pseudo-planar” short-axis PET

–

–

–

–

43.6 ± 0.7

44.2 ± 0.1

43.6

“Pseudo-planar” horizontal long-axis PET

–

–

–

–

45.5 ± 0.7

44.6 ± 0.5

–