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. 2021 Mar 26;46(8):4002–4013. doi: 10.1007/s00261-021-03046-3

Table 3.

Cohort 1-4F comparisons and ranking of selected Image Quality (IQ) parameters

Cohort Reader 1 (R1) Reader 2 (R2) Ranking R1 Ranking R2
HBB− ME+ HBB− ME− HBB+ME+ HBB+ME− HBB+ME+DR+ HBB+ME− DR+ Mean score* HBB− ME+ HBB− ME− HBB+ME+ HBB+ME− HBB+
ME+DR+
HBB+ME− DR+ Mean score*
IQ parameter                                                                                                                                              DWI geometric distortion
 HBB−/ME+/DR− x  > 0.05  > 0.05  > 0.05  > 0.05  > 0.05 4.2 x  > 0.05  > 0.05 0.022  > 0.05 0.017 4.6 2 2
 HBB−/ME−/DR− x x 0.011  > 0.05  > 0.05  > 0.05 3.5 x x  > 0.05  > 0.05  > 0.05  > 0.05 4.1 6 4
 HBB+/ME+/DR− x x x 0.016  > 0.05  > 0.05 4.3 x x x 0.004  > 0.05 0.003 4.7 1 1
 HBB+/ME−/DR− x x x x  > 0.05  > 0.05 3.6 x x x x  > 0.05  > 0.05 4.0 5 5
 HBB+/ME+/DR+ x x x x x  > 0.05 3.8 x x x x x  > 0.05 4.3 3 3
 HBB+/ME−/DR+ x x x x x x 3.8 x x x x x x 4.0 5 5
IQ parameter                                                                                                                                              DWI image quality
 HBB−/ME+/DR− x  > 0.05  > 0.05  > 0.05  > 0.05  > 0.05 4.0 x  > 0.05  > 0.05 0.009  > 0.05  > 0.05 3.8 2 1
 HBB−/ME−/DR− x x  > 0.05  > 0.05  > 0.05  > 0.05 3.5 x x  > 0.05  > 0.05  > 0.05  > 0.05 3.2 4 4
 HBB+/ME+/DR− x x x 0.01  > 0.05  > 0.05 4.1 x x x  > 0.05  > 0.05  > 0.05 3.7 1 2
 HBB+/ME−/DR− x x x x  > 0.05  > 0.05 3.5 x x x x  > 0.05  > 0.05 3.0 4 6
 HBB+/ME+/DR+ x x x x x  > 0.05 3.8 x x x x x  > 0.05 3.5 3 3
 HBB+/ME−/DR+ x x x x x x 3.8 x x x x x x 3.1 3 5
IQ parameter                                                                                                                                              Presence Stool/Gas
 HBB−/ME+/DR− x 0.001  > 0.05  < 0.001 0.02 0.18 1.5 x 0.032  > 0.05  < 0.001  > 0.05 0.001 1.8 2 1
 HBB−/ME−/DR− x x  < 0.001  > 0.05  > 0.05  > 0.05 2.3 x x  > 0.05  > 0.05  > 0.05  > 0.05 2.4 5 3
 HBB+/ME+/DR− x x x  < 0.001  > 0.05 0.012 1.4 x x x  < 0.001  > 0.05 0.007 1.9 1 2
 HBB+/ME−/DR− x x x x 0.003  > 0.05 2.4 x x x x  < 0.001  > 0.05 2.7 6 5
 HBB+/ME+/DR+ x x x x x  > 0.05 1.6 x x x x x 0.007 1.9 3 2
 HBB+/ME−/DR+ x x x x x x 2.1 x x x x x x 2.6 4 4
IQ parameter                                                                                                                                             Whole MRI image quality
 HBB−/ME+/DR− x  > 0.05  > 0.05  > 0.05  > 0.05  > 0.05 4.0 x  > 0.05  > 0.05  > 0.05  > 0.05  > 0.05 3.5 2 1
 HBB−/ME−/DR− x x  > 0.05  > 0.05  > 0.05  > 0.05 3.6 x x  > 0.05  > 0.05  > 0.05  > 0.05 3.1 4 4
 HBB+/ME+/DR− x x x 0.007  > 0.05  > 0.05 4.2 x x x  > 0.05  > 0.05  > 0.05 3.3 1 2
 HBB+/ME−/DR− x x x x  > 0.05  > 0.05 3.5 x x x x  > 0.05  > 0.05 3.0 5 5
 HBB+/ME+/DR+ x x x x x  > 0.05 3.8 x x x x x  > 0.05 3.3 3 2
 HBB+/ME−/DR+ x x x x x x 3.8 x x x x x x 3.2 3 3

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Statistically significant results between groups (p < 0.05) are highlighted in bold

*Mean Score for DWI Geometric Distortion, DWI Image Quality and Whole MRI Image Quality: 1 best, …, 5 worst

Mean Score for Presence Stool/Gas: 1…high amount of stool, …, 3 no stool

Rank for DWI Geometric Distortion, DWI Image Quality and Whole MRI Image Quality: 1 best, …, 6 worst

Rank for Presence Stool/Gas: 1…worst, …, 6 best