Table 3 Percentage error (mean ± SD) of LV surface volume (LVV_s), EF, SV and myocardial LV mass (LVM) computed by the proposed Trapezoidal and the mSimp methods calculated at different numbers of slices 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12

−2.3 ± 1.09

−0.13 ± 1.04

−0.48 ± 1.00

0.39 ± 1.01

0.34 ± 0.29

0.44 ± 4.1

0.77 ± 1.7

−0.25 ± 1.44

0.2 ± 0.9

0.21 ± 0.87

−2.7 ± 9.1

−0.16 ± 2.7

−0.7 ± 2.5

0.18 ± 0.83

0.21 ± 0.92

−3.46 ± 7.8

0.86 ± 3.57

0.79 ± 3.2

0.98 ± 2.59

0.92 ± 2.38

12.4 ± 2.8

4.1 ± 3.9

1.4 ± 1.3

1.19 ± 1.26

0.0 ± 0.0

−0.98 ± 7.31

1.53 ± 2.17

−0.67 ± 1.45

−0.018 ± 0.07

0.0 ± 0.0

7. 8 ± 12.53

4.24 ± 5.64

0.69 ± 2.35

−0.06 ± 0.22

0.0 ± 0.0

16.8 ± 5.07

5.57 ± 4.99

2.47 ± 2.43

2.42 ± 2.56

0.0 ± 0.0