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Table 5 Quantitative comparison of image quality between the two observers in patients with bladder cancer

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

 

RS-EPI

SS-EPI

Observer 1

Observer 2

p-value

Observer 1

Observer 2

p-value

SNR

118.1 ± 61.56

125.93 ± 49.69

0.150

122.64 ± 54.97

128.88 ± 57.28

0.310

CNR

4.95 ± 1.39

4.81 ± 1.36

0.236

4.18 ± 1.26

3.99 ± 1.28

0.080

SIR

5.42 ± 1.45

5.57 ± 1.57

0.083

5.18 ± 1.37

5.27 ± 1.45

0.368

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