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. 2014 Jan 6;9(1):e84562. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084562

Table 5. Ratings for artifacts. vessel-tissue contrast (VTC) and overall image quality (mean ratings from both readers).

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TOF MRA TOF MRA MPRAGE TOF MRA TOF MRA MPRAGE TOF MRA TOF MRA MPRAGE
artifacts artifacts artifacts VTC VTC VTC image quality image quality image quality
1 4.5 5 5 5 3.5 5 4 4.5 4.5
2 4 4.5 5 4.5 3 3.5 4 4 5
3 3.5 5 5 5 4 5 4.5 5 5
4 5 5 5 5 4.5 5 4.5 4.5 5
5 5 5 5 5 4 5 4.5 5 5
6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
7 5 3.5 5 5 4 5 4.5 4.5 5
8 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 5
9 4 5 5 4.5 5 5 4.5 4.5 5
10 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 4 5
11 5 4.5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5
12 3 4 5 3 5 5 4 4 5
13 3 3.5 5 3 4 4 3 3 5
14 4 5 5 4 4 5 4 4 5
15 4 4 5 4 5 5 4.5 4 5
16 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 5
17 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 5
18 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 5
19 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 5
20 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 5
mean 4.3 4.4 5.0 4.4 4.2 4.9 4.3 4.3 5.0

5 =  excellent. 4 =  good. 3 =  moderate. 2 =  poor. and 1 =  non-diagnostic vessel delineation.