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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Magn Reson Imaging. 2023 Jan 18;58(4):1055–1064. doi: 10.1002/jmri.28602

Table 3.

Reader Quality Evaluation Results

CL-T2 DL-T2 P
Axial
Reader 1
 Overall quality 3.72 ± 0.53 3.89 ± 0.39 0.99
 Clarity of capsule 3.76 ± 0.51 3.91 ± 0.33 0.99
 Clarity of PZ/TZ boundary 3.76 ± 0.51 3.91 ± 0.33 0.99
 Clarity of periurethral area 3.74 ± 0.52 3.85 ± 0.39 0.96
Reader 2
 Overall quality 3.33 ± 0.82 3.31 ± 0.74 0.49
 Clarity of capsule 3.46 ± 0.75 3.52 ± 0.69 0.77
 Clarity of PZ/TZ boundary 3.28 ± 0.83 3.19 ± 0.81 0.20
 Clarity of periurethral area 3.36 ± 0.77 3.34 ± 0.75 0.41
Reader 3
 Overall quality 3.67 ± 0.63 3.51 ± 0.62 0.03 *
 Clarity of capsule 3.70 ± 0.58 3.64 ± 0.58 0.21
 Clarity of PZ/TZ boundary 3.58 ± 0.63 3.34 ± 0.79 0.003 *
 Clarity of periurethral area 3.96 ± 0.19 3.89 ± 0.32 0.03 *
Coronal
Reader 1
 Overall quality 3.86 ± 0.35 3.94 ± 0.25 0.99
 Clarity of capsule 3.90 ± 0.30 3.95 ± 0.22 0.96
 Clarity of PZ/TZ boundary 3.89 ± 0.32 3.95 ± 0.22 0.98
 Clarity of periurethral area 3.87 ± 0.33 3.88 ± 0.32 0.73
Reader 2
 Overall quality 3.39 ± 0.71 3.31 ± 0.71 0.20
 Clarity of capsule 3.37 ± 0.72 3.41 ± 0.73 0.70
 Clarity of PZ/TZ boundary 3.38 ± 0.69 3.21 ± 0.76 0.06
 Clarity of periurethral area 3.39 ± 0.63 3.32 ± 0.73 0.26
Reader 3
 Overall quality 3.73 ± 0.52 3.48 ± 0.62 0.003 *
 Clarity of capsule 3.81 ± 0.43 3.65 ± 0.56 0.02 *
 Clarity of PZ/TZ boundary 3.08 ± 0.53 2.84 ± 0.65 0.003 *
 Clarity of periurethral area 3.99 ± 0.11 3.89 ± 0.32 0.01 *

CL-T2 = conventional T2 turbo spin echo; DL-T2 = deep learning T2 turbo spin echo.

*

Significant difference.