Table 3.
Summary of the qualitative image quality scores for the T2w sequences. The values are shown as mean ± standard deviation as well as minimum and maximum values in brackets. T2w: T2-weighted; C-SENSE: Compressed SENSE; AI: artificial intelligence.
| Category | T2w C-SENSE1.7 |
T2w C-SENSE AI1.7 |
p | T2w C-SENSE AI3.4 |
p | T2w C-SENSE AI4.8 |
p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Image quality | 3.05 ± 0.76 (2–5) |
5.06 ± 0.79 (3–6) |
<0.00001 | 5.34 ± 0.69 (3–6) |
<0.00001 | 4.28 ± 0.51 (4–6) |
<0.00001 |
| Noise | 3.19 ± 0.68 (2–5) |
4.63 ± 0.86 (3–6) |
<0.00001 | 4.69 ± 0.81 (2–6) |
<0.00001 | 4.09 ± 0.68 (3–6) |
<0.00001 |
| Motion Artifacts | 3.53 ± 0.87 (2–5) |
3.59 ± 0.91 (2–5) |
0.39 | 4.91 ± 0.67 (3–6) |
<0.00001 | 5.06 ± 0.68 (4–6) |
<0.00001 |
| Image sharpness | 3.13 ± 0.72 (2–5) |
4.74 ± 0.61 (3–6) |
<0.00001 | 4.72 ± 0.62 (3–6) |
<0.00001 | 4.66 ± 0.53 (4–6) |
<0.00001 |
| Lesion detection | 3.7 ± 0.62 (3–5) |
4.73 ± 0.99 (3–6) |
0.000065 | 5.09 ± 0.78 (3–6) |
<0.00001 | 4.91 ± 0.72 (4–6) |
<0.00001 |
| Diagnostic certainty | 3.57 ± 1.01 (2–5) |
4.6 ± 1.17 (3–6) |
0.0014 | 4.96 ± 0.85 (3–6) |
<0.00001 | 4.74 ± 0.89 (3–6) |
0.000096 |