Table 3 Comparison of SNR measurements as a proxy for uniform intra-luminal blood signal suppression (n = 93)

10.0 (6.7–16.5)

9.7 (6.2–15.1)

0.344*

108.0 (65.0–170.4)

24.5 (18.0–32.8)

<0.001*

21.5 (12.5–39.4)

5.6 (3.2–10.0)

<0.001**

11.2 (5.6–23.0)

6.2 (3.5–13.0)

<0.001**

11.3 (5.1–23.6)

3.3 (2.2–6.2)

<0.001**

6.4 (2.7–12.3)

2.7 (1.6–6.0)

<0.001**

27.5 (10.8–47.0)

4.3 (2.4–7.1)

<0.001**

22.4 (5.1–44.3)

3.7 (2.0–5.6)

<0.001**

18.5 (8.1–38.0)

6.2 (2.9–10.9)

<0.001**

22.3 (6.9–37.2)

5.4 (2.9–12.3)

<0.001**

22.0 (8.0–47.1)

6.1 (3.4–11.7)

<0.001**

12.4 (5.0–29.6)

5.1 (2.9–9.2)

<0.001**

33.2 (15.3–67.6)

6.9 (3.4–15.1)

<0.001**