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Table 4 Quantitative comparison of image quality between RS-EPI and SS-EPI techniques in patients with bladder cancer

From: Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in bladder cancer: comparison of readout-segmented and single-shot EPI techniques

 

Observer 1

Observer 2

RS-EPI

SS-EPI

p-value

RS-EPI

SS-EPI

p-value

SNR

118.1 ± 61.56

122.64 ± 54.97

0.2480

125.93 ± 49.69

128.88 ± 57.28

0.6520

CNR

4.95 ± 1.39

4.18 ± 1.26

< 0.001

4.81 ± 1.36

3.99 ± 1.28

< 0.001

SIR

5.42 ± 1.45

5.18 ± 1.37

0.0230

5.57 ± 1.57

5.27 ± 1.45

0.0240

  1. Note: SNR Signal-to-noise ratio, CNR Contrast-to-noise ratio, SIR Signal intensity ratio
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