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Table 2 SNR and CNReff comparison of the permutations of composite RF pulse types (six volunteers)

From: Optimization of Improved Motion-sensitized Driven-equilibrium (iMSDE) blood suppression for carotid artery wall imaging

 

Muscle SNR median [IQ]

p-value

Lumen SNR median [IQ]

p-value

CNReff median [IQ]

p-value

iMSDE

      

CP180

50.2 [11.4]

0.151

5.4 [1.4]

0.387

20.9 [4.7]

0.154

CP180_90

44.7 [11.7]

4.9 [1.6]

19.2 [3.8]

CP90

46.4 [9.7]

5.2 [1.5]

18.6 [4.8]

NOCP

47.7 [12.6]

5.2 [1.4]

19.9 [5.3]

  1. iMSDE preparations were performed using a sinusoid gradient with a 487 mT*ms2/m first order moment.