Table 1.
Image quality scores for each reader and each sequence (mean ± standard deviation)
| Sequence/parameter | Radial-VIBE |
Ax magnetization-prepared gradient echo |
Ax FS T1W |
Cor FS T1W |
Cor Radial-VIBE |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reader 1 | Reader 2 | Reader 1 | Reader 2 | Reader 1 | Reader 2 | Reader 1 | Reader 2 | Reader 1 | Reader 2 | |
| Motion artefact | 5.00 ± 0 | 4.91 ± 0.29 | 3.98 ± 0.65 | 3.72 ± 0.72 | 4.07 ± 0.73 | 3.93 ± 0.62 | 4.59 ± 0.56 | 4.31 ± 0.54 | 5.0 ± 0 | 4.97 ± 0.18 |
| Degree of fat suppression | 4.65 ± 0.8 | 4.63 ± 0.71 | 3.8 ± 1.00 | 3.59 ± 0.78 | 3.29 ± 0.91 | 3.5 ± 1.02 | 3.81 ± 0.64 | 3.81 ± 0.59 | 4.78 ± 0.42 | 4.78 ± 0.49 |
| Clarity of choroidal enhancement | 5.00 ± 0 | 4.96 ± 0.21 | 4.76 ± 0.43 | 4.3 ± 0.7 | 4.14 ± 0.86 | 4.0 ± 0.78 | 3.72 ± 0.52 | 3.94 ± 0.76 | 5.0 ± 0 | 4.97 ± 0.18 |
| Clarity of the vessel | 4.89 ± 0.32 | 4.93 ± 0.25 | 3.52 ± 0.66 | 3.83 ± 0.61 | 2.79 ± 0.43 | 3.14 ± 0.66 | 3.0 ± 0.36 | 3.41 ± 0.71 | 4.84 ± 0.37 | 4.97 ± 0.18 |
| Clarity of the muscle | 4.98 ± 0.15 | 4.89 ± 0.32 | 4.22 ± 0.79 | 4.13 ± 0.78 | 4.57 ± 0.51 | 4.07 ± 0.73 | 4.44 ± 0.67 | 4.22 ± 0.49 | 5.0 ± 0 | 4.94 ± 0.25 |
| Clarity of optic nerve | 5.00 ± 0 | 4.85 ± 0.36 | 3.76 ± 0.9 | 3.7 ± 0.84 | 2.64 ± 0.63 | 3.36 ± 0.75 | 3.38 ± 0.71 | 3.53 ± 0.67 | 5.0 ± 0 | 4.91 ± 0.3 |
| Clarity of brain parenchyma | 4.67 ± 0.47 | 4.33 ± 0.52 | 4.87 ± 0.34 | 4.35 ± 0.6 | 2.21 ± 0.58 | 2.29 ± 0.47 | 2.16 ± 0.37 | 2.38 ± 0.49 | 4.72 ± 0.46 | 4.5 ± 0.57 |
| Conspicuity of pathology | 4.71 ± 0.85 | 4.74 ± 0.53 | 3.96 ± 1.07 | 3.86 ± 0.89 | 3.6 ± 1.08 | 3.4 ± 0.7 | 3.22 ± 1.17 | 3.67 ± 0.77 | 4.67 ± 0.97 | 4.61 ± 0.98 |
Ax, axial; Cor, coronal; FS, fat saturated; T1W, T1 weighted; VIBE, volume-interpolated breath-hold examination.