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. 2014 Aug 9;16(1):61. doi: 10.1186/s12968-014-0061-5

Table 4.

Comparison of muscle and wall SNR/CNReff in patients using optimized iMSDE and DIR (six patients)

  Muscle SNR median [IQ] Wall SNR median [IQ] Lumen SNR median [IQ] Muscle CNR eff median [IQ] Wall CNR eff median [IQ]
T1w
  
  
  
  
  
DIR
 62.8 [17.3]
 31.8 [10.0]
 9.4 [5.0]
 24.9 [5.7]
 9.5 [6.3]
iMSDE 487 mT*ms2/m
 37.5 [9.0]
 20.8 [8.8]
 5.4 [4.2]
 15.0 [2.3]
 6.5 [4.0]
p value
 <0.001*
 <0.001*
 0.02*
 <0.001*
 <0.001*
T2w
  
  
  
  
  
DIR
 26.0 [7.8]
 19.8 [11.5]
 6.2 [3.1]
 9.3 [2.2]
 6.4 [4.8]
iMSDE 1518 mT*ms2/m
 27.5 [6.5]
 15.4 [10.5]
 5.3 [1.7]
 10.4 [2.2]
 4.7 [5.0]
p value <0.001* 0.01* <0.001* <0.001* <0.001*

*: significant difference.