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Table 1 SNRs of different anatomical structures in DWI images obtained from six acquisition approaches

From: Higher field reduced FOV diffusion-weighted imaging for abdominal imaging at 5.0 Tesla: image quality evaluation compared with 3.0 Tesla

 

FB3.0 T

NT3.0 T

RT3.0 T

FB5.0 T

NT5.0 T

RT5.0 T

p

Liverb0

16.0 ± 6.1

16.7 ± 5.6

16.6 ± 4.6

29.0 ± 20.1

34.4 ± 26.5

32.1 ± 19.5

***

Liverb800

14.3 ± 3.1

14.9 ± 3.9

12.5 ± 2.5

21.7 ± 8.1

21.9 ± 9.4

25.9 ± 9.0

***

Pancreasb0

30.9 ± 8.9

35.8 ± 7.7

38.7 ± 9.8

57.8 ± 22.7

66.6 ± 37.0

65.1 ± 23.9

***

Pancreasb800

19.7 ± 4.7

23.0 ± 4.8

21.4 ± 5.0

40.0 ± 14.8

50.6 ± 17.8

50.3 ± 17.3

***

Spleenb0

50.6 ± 24.0

55.1 ± 23.6

59.0 ± 24.6

79.5 ± 36.2

104.4 ± 75.5

112.0 ± 63.9

***

Spleenb800

37.6 ± 16.1

54.2 ± 32.5

42.9 ± 19.1

73.4 ± 29.6

84.2 ± 32.6

82.6 ± 38.0

***

Kidneyb0

45.6 ± 16.2

53.8 ± 17.1

60.0 ± 21.0

99.1 ± 20.4

105.6 ± 26.5

104.8 ± 29.5

***

Kidneyb800

20.4 ± 3.6

26.6 ± 14.1

23.6 ± 8.4

43.4 ± 11.6

48.6 ± 15.9

47.9 ± 18.3

***

  1. FB3.0 T, 3.0 T-free-breathing-DWI; NT3.0 T, 3.0 T-navigator-triggered-DWI; RT3.0 T, 3.0 T-respiratory-triggered-DWI; FB5.0 T, 5.0 T-free-breathing-DWI; NT5.0 T, 5.0 T-navigator-triggered-DWI; RT5.0 T, 5.0 T-respiratory-triggered-DWI
  2. *** indicates the p value of less than 0.001