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Table 5 Results of image quality evaluations

From: Reproducibility and feasibility of optic nerve diffusion MRI techniques: single-shot echo-planar imaging (EPI), readout-segmented EPI, and reduced field-of-view diffusion-weighted imaging

 

rs-EPI DWI

rFOV DWI

ss-EPI DWI

P

Image quality

2.38 ± 0.90

2.46 ± 0.58

1.58 ± 0.64

< 0.001

Artifacts

1.96 ± 0.91

1.85 ± 0.67

2.27 ± 0.67

0.042

Distortion

1.5 ± 0.58

1.81 ± 0.63

3.04 ± 0.72

< 0.001

Image blurring

1.35 ± 0.48

1.73 ± 0.45

3.04 ± 0.53

< 0.001

  1. rs-EPI DWI, readout-segmented echo-planar imaging diffusion-weighted imaging; rFOV, reduced field-of-view; ss-EPI, single-shot echo-planar imaging
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