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Table 4 Subjective image evaluation of various MRI sequences for pulmonary nodules

From: Feasibility of pulmonary MRI for nodule detection in comparison to computed tomography

Signs

Ability to display the morphology of nodules

P-value

r-VIBE

C- VIBE

Edge

3.6 ± 0.6

2.1 ± 1.2

0.00*

Internal heterogeneity

2.5 ± 0.3

1.5 ± 1.6

0.00*

Spicules

3.2 ± 1.5

1.5 ± 0.4

0.00*

Signs of lobulation

3.3 ± 1.8

1.1 ± 0.3

0.00*

Pleural retraction

3.8 ± 2.0

1.0 ± 0.8

0.00*

Lung marking

3.6 ± 2.1

1.2 ± 1.2

0.00*

  1. *p < 0.05