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Table 3 Results of the SNR analysis for the three sequences

From: Feasibility study of simultaneous multislice diffusion kurtosis imaging with different acceleration factors in the liver

 

C-DWI

SMS2-DWI

SMS3-DWI

P values

P values

P values

P values

Overall

C vs. SMS2

SMS2 vs. SMS3

C vs. SMS3

SNR

       

b = 800

107.55 ± 48.56

103.51 ± 53.90

75.22 ± 57.60

0.015

1.000

0.059

0.024

b = 2000

50.88 ± 25.31

47.30 ± 23.11

38.95 ± 28.72

0.110

1.000

0.452

0.123

  1. Means and standard deviations are shown for all sequences. SNR, signal-to-noise ratio; b800, b = 800 s/mm2; b2000, b = 2000 s/mm2; C-DWI, conventional diffusion-weighted imaging; SMS2-DWI, simultaneous multislice accelerated DWI with an acceleration factor of 2; SMS3-DWI, simultaneous multislice accelerated DWI with an acceleration factor of 3
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