Table 4 Comparison of muscle and wall SNR/CNReff in patients using optimized iMSDE and DIR (six patients)

T₁w

DIR

62.8 [17.3]

31.8 [10.0]

9.4 [5.0]

24.9 [5.7]

9.5 [6.3]

iMSDE 487 mT*ms²/m

37.5 [9.0]

20.8 [8.8]

5.4 [4.2]

15.0 [2.3]

6.5 [4.0]

p value

<0.001*

<0.001*

0.02*

<0.001*

<0.001*

T₂w

DIR

26.0 [7.8]

19.8 [11.5]

6.2 [3.1]

9.3 [2.2]

6.4 [4.8]

iMSDE 1518 mT*ms²/m

27.5 [6.5]

15.4 [10.5]

5.3 [1.7]

10.4 [2.2]

4.7 [5.0]

p value

<0.001*

0.01*

<0.001*

<0.001*

<0.001*