Table 1.

Image quality scores for comparison between SSFSE-DL and SSFSE and between SSFSE-DL and FSE.

Rated Feature	Observer	SSFSE-DL	SSFSE	FSE	SSFSE-DL vs. SSFSE	SSFSE-DL vs. FSE
Blurring artifacts	1	2.600 ± 0.598	2.200 ± 0.834	1.950 ± 0.826	p = 0.0117	p = 0.0015
	2	2.550 ± 0.510	2.050 ± 0.759	1.900 ± 0.788	p = 0.0051	p = 0.0022
Inter-observer agreement		0.720 (0.463–0.976)	0.591 (0.338–0.843)	0.474 (0.165–0.783)
Subjective noise	1	2.750 ± 0.550	1.500 ± 0.513	2.450 ± 0.605	p = 0.0001	p = 0.0277
	2	2.650 ± 0.587	1.700 ± 0.571	2.250 ± 0.550	p = 0.0001	p = 0.0051
Inter-observer agreement		0.789 (0.498–1.000)	0.636 (0.352–0.921)	0.664 (0.366–0.961)
Clarity of the follicles	1	4.150 ± 0.745	3.700 ± 0.657	3.150 ± 0.875	p = 0.0164	p = 0.0003
	2	4.400 ± 0.681	3.800 ± 0.696	3.200 ± 1.005	p = 0.0051	p = 0.0007
Inter-observer agreement		0.671 (0.423–0.919)	0.565 (0.245–0.885)	0.536 (0.260–0.812)

Note. Data are presented as mean ± SD. Comparisons of the subjective scoring were performed using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test. Cohen’s weighted kappa (95% confidence interval) values are shown for inter-observer agreement.