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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Magn Reson Imaging. 2016 Nov 10;45(6):1617–1626. doi: 10.1002/jmri.25513

Table 3.

Summary of the results of the qualitative analysis. N (%) indicates the number of segments with the rating 5 (best) for each parameter. Mixed GLM refers to mixed general linear model. P-values in bold letters indicate statistical significances.

Vessel Contrast = 5
N (%) Mixed GLM P Contrasts Adjusted P
FE4 107 (81.1%) 0.011 FE4 vs FE2 1
FE2 98 (74.2%) FE4 vs GD 1
GD – Diluted (GD) 104 (78.8%) FE4 vs GU 0.006
GD – Undiluted (GU) 88 (66.7%) FE2 vs GD 1
FE2 vs GU 1
GD vs GU 0.363
Artifacts = 5
N (%) Mixed GLM P Contrasts P-value
FE4 119 (90.2%) 0.009 FE4 vs FH 0.841
FE2 124 (93.9%) FE4 vs GD 1
GD – Diluted (GD) 120 (90.9%) FE4 vs GU 0.841
GD – Undiluted (GU) 114 (86.4%) FE2 vs GD 1
FE2 vs GU 0.010
GD vs GU 1
Image Quality = 5
N (%) Mixed GLM P Contrasts P-value
FE4 103 (78.0%) 0.008 FE4 vs FE2 1
FE2 96 (72.7%) FE4 vs GD 1
GD – Diluted (GD) 104 (78.8%) FE4 vs GU 0.010
GD – Undiluted (GU) 71 (53.8%) FE2 vs GD 1
FE2 vs GU 0.647
GD vs GU 0.013