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. 2016 Apr 9;11:47. doi: 10.1186/s13019-016-0460-9

Table 4.

Subjective and objective evaluation of image quality with prospective ECG-triggering DSCT (Group A) and non-ECG-gated DSCT (Group B)

Group A Group B P value
Subjective image quality scores 4.4 ± 0.1 3.8 ± 0.3 0.007
Attenuation in the left atrium (HU) 409.2 ± 85.5 226.4 ± 141.6 0.003
Noise in the left atrium (HU) 40.0 ± 15.8 18.46 ± 5.6 0.004
SNR in the left atrium 11.7 ± 4.6 13.2 ± 8.9 0.638

SNR, signal to noise ratio