Table 1 Mean, median, 95% confidence intervals (CI), and IQR of the difference between CBCT with and without MAR for each artifact source and each reader. Results for motion as artifact source are not listed due to missing data for MAR-corrected images.

From: Evaluation of a prototype metal artifact reduction algorithm for cone beam CT in patients undergoing radioembolization

  

Nr. of cases

Mean difference

95% CI of Mean

Median difference

25th Perc

75th Perc

Min Diff

Max. Diff

Lower limit

Upper limit

Coils

Reader 1

40

1.68

1.51

1.85

2.0

1.00

2.00

0

2

 

Reader 2

40

1.50

1.28

1.72

2.0

1.00

2.00

0

2

 

Reader 3

39

1.56

1.35

1.77

2.0

1.00

2.00

0

2

 

Reader 4

40

1.70

1.55

1.85

2.0

1.00

2.00

1

2

Clips

Reader 1

6

0.67

− 0.19

1.53

0.5

0.00

1.00

0

2

 

Reader 2

6

0.83

− 0.40

2.06

0.5

0.00

1.00

0

3

 

Reader 3

5

0.40

− 0.28

1.08

0.0

0.00

1.00

0

1

 

Reader 4

6

1.00

0.06

1.94

1.0

0.25

1.75

0

2

Catheters

Reader 1

43

1.37

1.19

1.55

1.0

1.00

2.00

0

2

 

Reader 2

43

1.30

1.09

1.51

1.0

1.00

2.00

0

3

 

Reader 3

43

1.42

1.24

1.60

1.0

1.00

2.00

0

2

 

Reader 4

43

1.51

1.33

1.69

2.0

1.00

2.00

0

3

CHD stents

Reader 1

3

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

0

 

Reader 2

3

0.67

− 0.76

2.10

1.0

0.50

1.00

0

1

 

Reader 3

3

0.33

− 1.10

1.76

0.0

0.00

0.50

0

1

 

Reader 4

3

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

0

Renal pelvis

Reader 1

43

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

0

 

Reader 2

43

0.16

0.05

0.27

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

1

 

Reader 3

43

0.26

0.11

0.41

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

2

 

Reader 4

43

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

0

Tumor visibility

Reader 1

43

0.02

− 0.03

0.07

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

1

 

Reader 2

43

0.09

− 0.10

0.28

0.0

0.00

0.00

− 2

2

 

Reader 3

43

0.05

− 0.14

0.24

0.0

0.00

0.00

− 2

1

 

Reader 4

43

0.09

0.00

0.18

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

1

Vessel discrimination

Reader 1

43

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

0

Reader 2

43

0.14

0.00

0.28

0.0

0.00

0.00

− 1

2

Reader 3

43

0.12

0.00

0.24

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

2

Reader 4

43

0.02

− 0.03

0.07

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

1