Table 2:

Detailed overview of qualitative and quantitative data

CartesianMultiVaneSpiral
Overall image qualitya3; (2,3)/3; (2.5,3)/3; (3,3)4; (4,4)/4; (4,4)/4; (4,4)4; (4,4)/4; (4,4)/4; (4,4)
Presence of motion artifactsa3; (2,3)/3; (2,3)/3; (3,3)4; (4,4)/4; (4,4)/4; (4,4)4; (4,4)/4; (4,4)/4; (4,4)
Presence of pulsation artifactsa4; (4,4)/4; (3.5,4)/4; (4,4)4; (3,4)/4; (3,4)/4; (3,4)4; (4,4)/4; (4,4)/4; (4,4)
GWM differentiationa3; (3,4)/3; (3,4)/3; (3,4)4; (3,4)/4; (3,4)/4; (3,4)4; (3,4)/4; (3,4)/4; (3,4)
Lesion conspicuitya4; (3.75,4)/4; (3.75,4)/4; (3.75,4)4; (4,4)/4; (4,4)/4; (4,4)4; (4,4)/4; (4,4)/4; (4,4)
Subjective preference(No. of times score 1/No. of times score 2/No. of times score 3)Reader 1: (6/22/3)Reader 2: (7/21/3)Reader 3: (8/20/3)Reader 1: (0/5/25)Reader 2: (0/6/25)Reader 3: (0/6/25)Reader 1: (0/5/26)Reader 2: (0/5/26)Reader 3: (0/5/26)
CVCSFb0.026 (0.02)0.023 (0.019)0.021 (0.014)
CVGMb0.109 (0.053)0.096 (0.035)0.087 (0.025)
CVWMb0.07 (0.027)0.053 (0.019)0.053 (0.02)
SNRb13.36 (3.4)16.1 (3.3)16.6 (3.9)

  • Note:—GWM indicates gray-white matter; IQR, interquartile range.

  • ↵a Qualitative data are shown as median; (IQR) for readers 1/2/3.

  • ↵b Quantitative data are presented as mean (SD).