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Table 5 Comparison between 3.0T HCs and 1.5T HCs

From: Evaluation of the diagnostic utility on 1.5T and 3.0T 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy for temporal lobe epilepsy

Metabolite ratio

Left temporal pole

Right temporal pole

HCs(1.5T)

HCs(3.0T)

P value

HCs(1.5T)

HCs(3.0T)

P value

NAA/Cr

1.926 ± 0.305

1.779 ± 0.229

0.100

1.855 ± 0.231

1.779 ± 0.201

0.433

NAA/Cho

1.394 ± 0.217

1.365 ± 0.207

0.721

1.507 ± 0.234

1.351 ± 0.126

0.035

NAA/(Cho + Cr)

0.804 ± 0.109

0.77 ± 0.102

0.379

0.825 ± 0.091

0.765 ± 0.062

0.080

Cho/Cr

1.398 ± 0.229

1.314 ± 0.136

0.258

1.254 ± 0.220

1.322 ± 0.155

0.349