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Table 2 Simulation—SNR: mean values and (standard deviation)

From: Masked smoothing using separable kernels for CT perfusion images

Method\SNR

1

2

3 (least noise)

Noise – No smoothing

53.6 (49.0)

49.9 (27.1)

50.8 (16.9)

Simple smoothing

66.4 (3.3)

66.4 (1.6)

60.4 (1.1)

Removed smoothing

33.6 (2.6)

33.6 (1.3)

33.6 (0.8)

Masked smoothing

50.0 (3.9)

49.9 (1.9)

50.0 (1.3)

  1. The standard deviation values were lower for low SNR than for high SNR. Standard deviation values were slightly poorer for the Masked Smoothing method, which is explained by fewer voxels being averaged because non-tissue voxels were excluded.