Table 2.
Image quality scores for SSTSE, DL-SSTSE, F-SSTSE, and TSE images.
| P values | ||||||||||
| SSTSE images | DL-SSTSE images | F-SSTSE images | TSE images | SSTSE vs DL-SSTSE | SSTSE vs F-SSTSE | DL-SSTSE vs F-SSTSE | DL-SSTSE vs TSE | TSE vs SSTSE | TSE vs F-SSTSE | |
| Over all image quality | 4 (3–4) | 4 (4–5) | 4 (3–4) | 4 (4–5) | < 0.001 | 0.57 | <0.001 | 0.98 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
| Contrast | 3 (3–4) | 4 (4–5) | 4 (4–5) | 4 (4–5) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.97 | 0.64 | < 0.001 | 0.88 |
| Noise | 4 (3–4) | 5 (4–5) | 5 (4–5) | 5 (4–5) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.99 | 0.83 | < 0.001 | 0.93 |
| Motion artifact | 5 (4–5) | 5 (5–5) | 5 (5–5) | 4 (3–4) | 0.64 | 0.97 | 0.87 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
| Boundary sharpness of the zonal layers in the uterus | 4 (3–4) | 4 (4–5) | 4 (3–4) | 4 (3–5) | < 0.001 | 0.99 | < 0.001 | 0.99 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
| Conspicuity of ovaries and follicles | 4 (4–4) | 5 (4–5) | 4 (3.25–4) | 4 (3–4) | < 0.001 | 0.99 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.99 | 0.99 |
DL-SSTSE = deep learning-based single-shot turbo spin-echo, F-SSTSE = filtering method-based single-shot turbo spin-echo, SSTSE = single-shot turbo spin-echo, TSE = turbo spin-echo.