Table 3 Comparison of qualitative indices of image quality and tumor assessment between ssEPI DWI and msEPI DWI.
From: Comparison of single-shot EPI and multi-shot EPI in prostate DWI at 3.0 T
Reader 1 (9 years of experience) | Reader 2 (13 years of experience) | Reader 2 (23 years of experience) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ssEPI | msEPI | p value | ssEPI | msEPI | p value | ssEPI | msEPI | p value | |
Anatomical distortion | 3.30 ± 0.80 | 3.67 ± 0.56 | < 0.001 | 3.05 ± 0.78 | 3.25 ± 0.74 | < 0.001 | 3.01 ± 0.97 | 3.63 ± 0.58 | < 0.001 |
Prostate edge clarity | 2.98 ± 0.48 | 3.73 ± 0.48 | < 0.001 | 3.04 ± 0.67 | 3.55 ± 0.57 | < 0.001 | 2.99 ± 0.67 | 3.48 ± 0.56 | < 0.001 |
Lesion conspicuity score | 3.70 ± 0.61 | 3.78 ± 0.55 | 0.046 | 3.72 ± 0.63 | 3.83 ± 0.38 | 0.107 | 3.61 ± 0.63 | 3.93 ± 0.26 | 0.001 |
