Table 2.
Field strength | Resolution/P‐values | Frontal lobe | Parietal lobe | Occipital lobe | Temporal lobe | Cerebellum | Sub. cortical WM | Sub. cortical GM | Brain stem | Whole brain |
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1.5T | Low | 1.991 | 2.359 | 3.367 | 6.057 | 5.356 | 6.686 | 3.034 | 3.188 | 4.461 |
Intermediate | 3.533 | 2.540 | 5.957 | 8.723 | 6.800 | 9.470 | 6.043 | 4.055 | 6.779 | |
High | 3.471 | 3.242 | 7.024 | 9.214 | 8.958 | 9.991 | 6.966 | 6.148 | 7.872 | |
Low vs. inter. | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
Low vs. high | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
High vs. inter | 0.360 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
3T | Low | 2.437 | 5.084 | 6.413 | 7.884 | 10.742 | 9.395 | 4.725 | 5.177 | 7.162 |
Intermediate | 5.322 | 6.346 | 9.607 | 12.362 | 12.273 | 13.514 | 7.541 | 5.677 | 10.192 | |
High | 5.872 | 8.150 | 12.437 | 15.073 | 15.639 | 14.452 | 9.366 | 8.849 | 12.820 | |
Low vs. inter. | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
Low vs. high | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
High vs. inter | 0.006 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
7T | Low | 2.746 | 5.820 | 6.921 | 9.706 | 11.842 | 10.556 | 5.344 | 5.436 | 8.034 |
Intermediate | 6.203 | 6.857 | 11.778 | 15.724 | 14.100 | 17.070 | 8.932 | 5.870 | 12.133 | |
High | 9.259 | 11.953 | 18.352 | 22.193 | 23.563 | 25.039 | 12.422 | 9.952 | 18.728 | |
Low vs. inter. | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
Low vs. high | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
High vs. inter | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
9.4T | Low | 2.798 | 4.816 | 7.607 | 10.717 | 11.716 | 14.633 | 5.330 | 4.739 | 8.787 |
Intermediate | 6.105 | 6.202 | 13.087 | 17.028 | 15.351 | 21.924 | 8.407 | 5.282 | 12.860 | |
High | 7.925 | 9.377 | 17.504 | 21.256 | 19.224 | 25.542 | 11.459 | 8.873 | 16.976 | |
Low vs. inter. | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
Low vs. high | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
High vs. inter | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
The nSNR results of the high and intermediate resolution of all B 0 fields were downsampled to the low spatial resolution to allow pairwise comparison. Median of nSNR of brain sub‐regions as well as whole brain and P‐values from a comparison of spatial resolutions are presented.