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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Magn Reson Imaging. 2013 Sep 4;39(6):1468–1476. doi: 10.1002/jmri.24325

Figure 8.

Figure 8

Contrast resolution, SNR, and vessel sharpness comparisons between TSE and rTSE pulse sequences for volunteers and patients. SNR was similar between sequences, but for volunteers, rTSE had significantly better contrast resolution and vessel sharpness. Normalized contrast resolution 0.155±0.202 for TSE vs. 0.378±0.145 for rTSE - p < 0.01 (*); sharpness 0.263±0.034 for TSE vs. 0.340±0.034 for rTSE - p < 0.005 (**). When comparing between volunteers and patients, artery-vein contrast was significantly lower in patients as compared to volunteers. SNR and vessel sharpness were comparable between the two groups. Normalized contrast resolution 0.165±0.062 for patients vs. 0.378±0.145 for volunteers - p < 0.01 (*).