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. 2022 May 5;32(4):1109–1115. doi: 10.1007/s00062-022-01172-z

Table 2.

Assessment results for both raters (mean value through all patients) using Mann-Whitney-U-Test. Last column gives significance level for comparison between 8s circular and 7s sinusoidal runs

Rater 1 & 2
Criterion MS-CT 8s circular MS-CT 7s sine spin p value 8s/7s
GWMa frontalb 3 2.6 3 2.8 p = 0.042
GWMa parietalb 3 2.4 3 2.7 p = 0.012
GWMa temporalb 3 1.8 2.9 1.9 p = 0.164
GWMa occipitalb 3 1.7 3 2.1 p = 0.012
Insular cortexb 2.9 1.8 3 2 p = 0.142
Basal gangliab 2.9 2.1 3 2.5 p = 0.003
Brainstemb 2.5 1.2 2.6 1.8 p < 0.0001
Cerebellumb 3 1.2 3 1.5 p = 0.002
Petrous bone artifactsc 2.7 1.4 3 1.9 p < 0.0001
Skull hardening artifactsc 3 2.3 3 2.4 p = 0.169
Foreign objects artifactsc 3 3 3 2.9 p = 0.352
Sum 31.8 21.2 32.3 24.4 P < 0.0001

a Grey/white matter contrast

b Good (3 points), fair (2 point), poor (1 point)

c Mild (3 points), mediocre (2 points), severe (1 point)