Elective one-minute full brain multi-contrast MRI versus brain CT in pediatric patients: a prospective feasibility study

Table 2 Results after dichotomization for the outcomes “scan classification” and “incidental findings”

	Study reading	Study reading	Side-by-side	Side-by-side
Pat ID	EPIMix (R1, R2, R3) significant finding / incidental finding	CT (R1, R2, R3) significant finding / incidental finding	EPIMix (R2, R4, R5) significant finding / incidental finding	CT (R2, R4, R5) significant finding / incidental finding
1	1, 0, 0 / 1^a, 0, 1^b	0, 0, 0 / 1^c^d, 0, 0	0 / 1^a^b^c	0 / 1^d
2	1^e, 0, 0 / 0, 1^e, 1^e	1^e, 0, 0 / 1^f, 1^f^g, 0	0 / 1^a^e^f^g	0 / 1^e^f^g
3	0, 0, 0 / 1^a, 0, 0	0, 0, 0 / 0, 0, 0	0 / 1^a	0 / 0
4	0, 0, 0 / 1^h, 0, 0	0, 0, 0 / 0, 1^gⁱ, 0	0 / 1^a	0 / 1^g
5	0, 0, 0 / 1^a^h, 0, 1^c	0, 0, 0 / 1^j, 0, 0	0 / 1^a^c	0 / 0
6	0, 0, 0 / 1^a, 0, 1^c	0, 0, 0 / 1^a^k, 1^g, 0	0 / 1^a^c^k	0 / 1^g^k
7	0, 0, 0 / 0, 0, 0	0, 0, 0 / 1^a^j, 0, 0	0 / 1^a	0 / 1^a
8	0, 0, 0 / 0, 0, 0	0, 0, 0 / 0, 1^g, 0	0 / 1^a^g	0 / 1^g^l
9	0, 0, 0 / 1^a, 0, 0	0, 0, 0 / 0, 0, 0	0 / 1^a	0 / 0
10	0, 0, 0 / 1^a, 0, 0	0, 0, 0 / 1^c, 0, 0	0 / 1^a^c	0 / 1^a
11	0, 0, 0 / 0, 0, 0	1^j, 0, 0 / 1^c, 0, 1^j	0 / 1^a	0 / 0
12	0, 0, 0 / 1^a, 0, 1^b	0, 0, 0 / 1^a, 1^l, 0	0 / 1^a^b	0 / 1^a^l
13	0, 0, 0 / 0, 0, 0	0, 0, 0 / 0, 0, 0	0 / 0	0 / 0
14	0, 0, 0 / 0, 0, 0	0, 0, 0 / 0, 1^g, 1^g^l	0 / 1^g	0 / 1^g^l
15	0, 0, 0 / 1^a^m, 1^e, 0	1^e, 0, 0 / 1ⁿ, 0, 0	0 / 1^a^e	0 / 1^e

Scan classification (significant finding) / Incidental finding: 0 = no; 1 = yes
Findings:
^aMidline CSF-filled cavities (cavum vergae, cavum septi pellucidi, cavum veli interpositi)
^bDevelopmental venous anomaly
^cVirchow-Robin spaces
^dDilated vein
^ePineal cyst
^fThickened gyrus (pachygyria) with overlying calvarial cortical thinning
^gParanasal sinus mucosal thickening
^hBilateral high signal in occipital white matter
ⁱTentorial calcification
^jWide sulcus
^kFocal ventricular dilatation
^l Fluid level in paranasal sinuses
^mHigh signal in periaqueductal gray matter
ⁿTonsillar ectopia

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