Table 1.
A comparison of the mean CT values in different regions of interest (ROIs)
ROI | WFBP | MARli | NMAR |
p-value |
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WFBP vs MARli | WFBP vs NMAR | MARli vs NMAR | ||||
ROI2 | 66.41 ± 72.44 | 58.05 ± 39.73 | 56.98 ± 34.34 | 0.172 | 0.123 | 0.862 |
ROI3 | 60.03 ± 39.48 | 52.23 ± 46.67 | 53.34 ± 22.09 | 0.086 | 0.140 | 0.807 |
ROI4 | 49.28 ± 23.38 | 49.21 ± 32.44 | 48.21 ± 23.09 | 0.983 | 0.752 | 0.769 |
ROI5 | 59.38 ± 13.37 | 61.19 ± 11.77 | 60.48 ± 8.97 | 0.185 | 0.422 | 0.600 |
ROI6 | 62.02 ± 11.00 | 61.04 ± 13.33 | 60.09 ± 10.22 | 0.473 | 0.159 | 0.488 |
MARli, linear interpolation metal artefact reduction; NMAR, normalized metal artefact reduction; WFBP, weighted filtered back-projection.
Data are given as mean ± standard deviation unless otherwise indicated.