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Table 3 Mean qualitative scores between two raters

From: Comparison of image quality between filtered back-projection and the adaptive statistical and novel model-based iterative reconstruction techniques in abdominal CT for renal calculi

 

FBP

ASIR

MBIR

Image noise

 Mean

3.23

2.95

2.05

 SD

0.53

0.46

0.22

 Lower 95 % CI

2.98

2.74

1.95

 Upper 95 % CI

3.47

3.16

2.16

Image contrast

 Mean

3.31

2.81

2.25

 SD

0.42

0.55

0.31

 Lower 95 % CI

3.09

2.53

2.10

 Upper 95 % CI

3.52

3.08

2.40

Visibility of kidneys/ureters/bladder

 Mean

3.08

3.05

2.65

 SD

0.24

0.28

0.33

 Lower 95 % CI

2.96

2.92

2.50

 Upper 95 % CI

3.19

3.18

2.80

Visibility of small structures

 Mean

3.13

3.10

2.73

 SD

0.43

0.42

0.34

 Lower 95 % CI

2.93

2.91

2.56

 Upper 95 % CI

3.32

3.30

2.89

Overall diagnostic confidence

 Mean

3.08

3.08

2.58

 SD

0.44

0.44

0.29

 Lower 95 % CI

2.87

2.87

2.44

 Upper 95 % CI

3.28

3.28

2.71