Fig. 8.
Box plots of the SIRliver/spleen (a) SIRliver/lesion (b), and SIRliver/PV (c). (a) The SIRliver/spleen of LAVA Starnavi− was higher than that of Cartesian LAVAnavi+ and LAVA Starnavi+. There was no significant difference between the SIRliver/spleen of Cartesian LAVAnavi+ and that of LAVA Starnavi+. (b) The SIRliver/lesion of Cartesian LAVAnavi+ was lower than that of LAVA Starnavi− and LAVA Starnavi+. There was no significant difference between the SIRliver/lesion of LAVA Starnavi− and that of LAVA Starnavi+. (c) The SIRliver/PV of Cartesian LAVAnavi+ was also lower than that of LAVA Starnavi− and LAVA Starnavi+. There was no significant difference between the SIRliver/PV of LAVA Starnavi− and that of LAVA Starnavi+. LAVA, liver acquisition with volume acceleration; LAVA Starnavi-: stack-of-stars LAVA without navigator echoes; LAVA Starnavi+: stack-of-stars LAVA with navigator echoes; SIRliver/spleen, the signal intensity ratios of liver-to-spleen; SIRliver/lesion, the signal intensity ratios of liver-to-lesion; SIRliver/PV, the signal intensity ratios of liver-to-portal vein