Table 1. Subjective image quality expressed as five-point sores.
Patient # | Overall image quality | Tumor conspicuity | ||||||||||
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Observer 1 | Observer 2 | Observer 3 | Observer 1 | Observer 2 | Observer 3 | |||||||
S-VMI | O-VMI | S-VMI | O-VMI | S-VMI | O-VMI | S-VMI | O-VMI | S-VMI | O-VMI | S-VMI | O-VMI | |
1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
10 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
11 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Mean | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 3.5 |
SD | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
Overall mean (S-VMI vs O-VMI) | 3.1 vs 4.0 | 2.8 vs 3.8 | ||||||||||
p-value | 0.003 | 0.003 |