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Table 4 Percentage error (mean ± SD) of LV surface volume using different models that using either two, or three slices, and the corresponding Trapezoidal model at the same number of slices

From: Improved estimation of the cardiac global function using combined long and short axis MRI images of the heart

Number of slices

Type of slices

Model name

Error (mean ± SD)

Trapezoidal model

2 slices

2 LAX

Biplane ellipsoid

−9.9 ± 5.88

1.92 ± 5.96

 

1 SAX + 1 LAX

Hemisphere cylinder

3.6 ± 7.4

 

3 slices

2 SAX + 1 LAX

Modified Simpson rule

−5.73 ± 8.95

−2.28 ± 4.38