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. 2020 Nov 20;99(47):e23138. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000023138

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.