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Table 1 Comparisons of subjective and objective evaluation parameters of SMA during arterial phase

From: Efficiency of dual-energy computed tomography enterography in the diagnosis of Crohn’s disease

Group

Objective evaluation parameters

Subjective evaluation parameters

CT value

CNR

SNR

Number of vascular branches *

Overall image quality score *

Image sharpness score *

40 keV

1254.75 ± 235.47a

41.26 ± 14.62a

21.36 ± 7.14b

4.17 ± 0.81a

4.29 ± 0.32b

4.92 ± 0.28a

50 keV

831.33 ± 155.31b

37.18 ± 13.21a

21.20 ± 7.11b

4.14 ± 0.79a

4.34 ± 0..23b

4.91 ± 0..23a

60 keV

578.83 ± 105.95c

33.05 ± 12.22a

21.16 ± 7.29b

4.11 ± 0.78a

4.97 ± 0.20a

4.81 ± 0.23a

70 keV

421.19 ± 76.74c

28.5 ± 10.84b

20.92 ± 71.17b

3.38 ± 0.49b

4.12 ± 0.18b

4.14 ± 0.35b

80 keV

323.64 ± 63.03d

24.89 ± 9.78bc

19.03 ± 7.03b

3.33 ± 0.53b

4.03 ± 0.17c

3.98 ± 0.38bc

90 keV

249.22 ± 46.48d

18.45 ± 7.23c

14.92 ± 6.00c

2.36 ± 0.48c

4.06 ± 0.23c

3.03 ± 0.17c

120 kVp

431.81 ± 105.84c

21.74 ± 7.43c

26.55 ± 10.15a

3.36 ± 0.18b

4.08 ± 0.19bc

4.03 ± 0.29b

Z/F value

235.641

200.304

163.572

7.574

7.424

7.311

P value

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

0.817

0.828

0.716

  1. "a, c, b, d" were multiple comparison marks. When marked with the same letter, it meant no significant difference between the two groups. When marked with different letters, it indicates the difference with statistically significant between the two groups. * subjective scores were expressed as mean ± standard deviation. CT: computed tomography; SMA: superior mesenteric artery; CNR: contrast-to-noise-ratio; SNR: signal-to-noise-ratio