Feasibility study of using simultaneous multi-slice RESOLVE diffusion weighted imaging to assess parotid gland tumors: comparison with conventional RESOLVE diffusion weighted imaging

Table 2 Qualitative comparisons of image quality between SMS-RESOLVE DWI and RESOLVE DWI

Qualitative parameters	SMS-RESOLVE	RESOLVE	P	kappa
Qualitative parameters	SMS-RESOLVE	RESOLVE	P	SMS-RESOLVE	RESOLVE
anatomical structure differentiation	3.05 ± 0.69	3.15 ± 0.67	0.164	0.74	0.83
lesion display	3.55 ± 0.69	3.70 ± 0.66	0.193	0.79	0.71
artifact	2.95 ± 0.51	2.90 ± 0.55	0.330	0.79	0.78
overall image quality	3.05 ± 0.76	3.20 ± 0.77	0.083	0.84	0.92

SMS simultaneous multi-slice, RESOLVE readout segmentation of long variable echo-trains, DWI diffusion-weighted imaging.
Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation.

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