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Table 2 Polar map values for each measurement and related percentage differences

From: 3D printed anthropomorphic left ventricular myocardial phantom for nuclear medicine imaging applications

Area

I. LVm healthy phantom "in air” (%)

II. LVm defective phantom "in air” (%)

III. LVm healthy phantom "in torso” (%)

IV. Relative % difference of I. and II

V. Relative % difference of I. and III

Basal anterior

87.5

87.3

82.2

− 0.2

− 5.3

Basal anteroseptal

77.6

88.2

72.4

10.6

− 5.2

Basal inferoseptal

82.0

57.3

79.4

− 24.7

− 2.6

Basal inferior

97.2

81.8

93.5

− 15.4

− 3.7

Basal inferolateral

92.0

95.9

86.6

3.9

− 5.4

Basal anterolateral

100.0

100.0

87.6

0.0

− 12.4

Mid-anterior

83.0

85.3

85.8

2.3

2.8

Mid-anteroseptal

79.7

81.5

88.4

1.8

8.7

Mid-inferoseptal

84.8

71.2

88.9

− 13.6

4.1

Mid-inferior

99.9

84.7

100.0

− 15.2

0.1

Mid-inferolateral

89.1

93.9

92.8

4.8

3.7

Mid-anterolateral

88.8

90.0

90.5

1.2

1.7

Apical anterior

76.9

78.6

79.5

1.7

2.6

Apical septal

77.6

81.1

84.0

3.5

6.4

Apical inferior

88.6

89.6

92.4

1.0

3.8

Apical lateral

78.3

83.4

88.5

5.1

10.2

Apex

73.1

75.0

73.2

1.9

0.1

  1. The last two columns show the relative % difference for each segment between "in air” measurements (column I. and II.) and between the LVm healthy phantom "in air” and "in torso” measurements (column I. and III.)