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Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Radiol. 2015 Jun 4;45(10):1455–1464. doi: 10.1007/s00247-015-3366-0

Table 3.

Metal artifact size and reduction in size among sequences

Imaging method	Average artifact size (mm)^*	Standard deviation (mm)	Average artifact reduction (mm)	% “best” image quality	Average Quality Rating
Standard SSFP cine	24	9.6		4%	2.2
Optimized SSFP cine	22	9	1.5	12%	2.4
Optimized GRE cine	19.4	8.1	4.6	84%	2.7
Standard TSE black blood	15.4	5.4		25%	2.8
Optimized TSE black blood	13.6	1.6	1.6	75%	3.1

GRE gradient recalled echo, SSFP steady-state free precession, TSE turbo spin echo

Average artifact size is the average of two orthogonal measurements of the artifact in millimeters