. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 9.

Published in final edited form as: AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2015 Jan;204(1):140–147. doi: 10.2214/AJR.13.11785

TABLE 1.

Mean Artifact Scores of 2D Fast-Spin Echo (FSE) Images Versus Multiacquisition Variable-Resonance Image Combination Selective (MAVRIC SL) Images for 25 Matched Image Sets

Anatomy Imaged and Imaging Plane	Mean Artifact Score (± SD)		p
Anatomy Imaged and Imaging Plane	2D FSE	MAVRIC SL	p

Hip
Coronal
Reviewer 1	4.92 ± 0.28	2.77 ± 0.73	0.0002^a
Reviewer 2	5.00 ± 0.00	2.62 ± 0.51	0.0002^a
Axial
Reviewer 1	4.92 ± 0.29	2.58 ± 0.79	0.0005^a
Reviewer 2	4.92 ± 0.29	2.67 ± 0.49	0.0005^a
Femur
Coronal
Reviewer 1	4.69 ± 0.48	2.23 ± 0.60	0.0002^a
Reviewer 2	4.38 ± 0.51	1.85 ± 0.38	0.0002^a
Axial
Reviewer 1	4.58 ± 0.67	2.92 ± 1.24	0.0029^a
Reviewer 2	4.58 ± 0.51	2.00 ± 0.00	0.0005^a
Overall
Hip
Reviewer 1	4.92 ± 0.28	2.68 ± 0.75	< 0.0001^a
Reviewer 2	4.96 ± 0.20	2.64 ± 0.49	< 0.0001^a
Femur
Reviewer 1	4.64 ± 0.57	2.56 ± 1.00	< 0.0001^a
Reviewer 2	4.48 ± 0.51	1.92 ± 0.28	< 0.0001^a

Note—Artifact was scored by two reviewers on a 5-point scale from 1 (normal or barely visible artifact) to 5 (severe artifact and nonvisualization of bone-metal interface).

Statistically significant difference (p < 0.05).