Table 2.

Comparison between synthetic DIR and synthetic T2W-FLAIR images

	Synthetic DIR	Synthetic T2W-FLAIR	p values
SIGM/SIWM	8.89 ± 4.93	1.67 ± 0.30	***
SIlesion/SIWM	10.78 ± 4.81	2.32 ± 0.43	***
(SIGM/SIWM)/SIGM	0.83 ± 0.13	0.38 ± 0.11	***
(SIGM − SIWM)/(SIGM + SIWM)	0.74 ± 0.15	0.24 ± 0.08	***

Data are expressed as mean and standard deviation

SI signal intensity, GM gray matter, WM white matter, CSF cerebrospinal fluid

***Statistical significances at P < 0.001