. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Magn Reson Imaging. 2013 Jul 29;39(5):1161–1170. doi: 10.1002/jmri.24266

Table 2.

Review Criteria and Definition of Scores for Radiological Evaluation of in vivo Studies

Review Categories
I.	Depiction of Major Vessels
	Compared to conventional masking, the depiction of major vessels in the composite image reconstructed with the vascular mask provides:
−2:	Reduced diagnostic confidence
−1:	Cosmetic/aesthetic degradation
0:	No improvement
1:	Cosmetic/aesthetic improvement
2:	Improved diagnostic confidence
II.	Depiction of Small Vessels
	Is there a loss of small vessels due to vascular masking in the composite image?
0:	No, no loss due to masking
1:	Yes, loss due to masking
III.	Overall Assessment
	Which image is preferred?
−1:	Prefer conventional image
0:	No preference
1:	Prefer composite image