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Image quality and artefact scores for the 2D reference and 3D 5× k-t SENSE images before and after contrast. |
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| Median Image Quality Score |
Median Artefact Score |
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| 2D reference images |
5 |
0 |
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| 3D 5× k-t pre-contrast (p value vs 2D reference score) |
3 (p < 0.01) |
2 (p < 0.01) |
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| 3D 5× k-t post-contrast (p value vs 2D reference score) [p value vs pre-contrast 3D score] |
4 (p < 0.01) [p = 0.11] |
1 (p < 0.01) [p = 0.23] |
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Legend for Table 1 Image quality scoring: (1) endocardial border not visible (non-diagnostic image), (2) severe blurring of endocardial border, (3) moderate blurring, (4) mild blurring, (5) well defined endocardial border (modified from McConnell et al [13]) Artefact scoring: (0) no artefact, (1) minor artefact, (2) significant artefact but not affecting endocardial border definition, (3) significant artefact obscuring endocardial border in places | ||
Maredia et al. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2008 10:27 doi:10.1186/1532-429X-10-27 |
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