Table 1 Overview of the qualitative scoring per reader per sequence on a patient level (n = 47) with mean values of scoring, Wilcoxon signed-rank test (two-tail probabilities)
From: Should less motion sensitive T2-weighted BLADE TSE replace Cartesian TSE for female pelvic MRI?
Reader 1 | Reader 2 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Assessment | BLADE T2-weighted TSE | T2-weighted TSE | p value | BLADE T2-weighted TSE | T2-weighted TSE | p value |
Overall quality [scale 1–5] | 4.17 | 4.04 | 0.19 | 4.09 | 4.09 | 1 |
Artefacts (ghosting) [scale 1–5] | 4.40 | 3.83 | <0.0001 | 4.42 | 3.78 | <0.0001 |
4.02 | 3.89 | 0.303 | 3.98 | 3.83 | 0.238 | |
Visibility of fluid [0/1] | 0.25 | 0.70 | =0.0001 | 0.26 | 0.73 | <0.0001 |
Overall contrast [scale 1–5] | 3.72 | 4.77 | <0.0001 | 3.66 | 4.79 | <0.0001 |
Preferred sequence | 19.1 % | 59.6 % | =0.0065 | 14.9 % | 53.2 % | =0.0056 |