07 November 2020: Clinical Research
High-Resolution Vessel Wall Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Middle Cerebral Artery: Comparison of 3D CUBE T1-Weighted Sequence with and without Fat Suppression
Yejun Wu ABCDE , Fangbing Li CDF , Yilin Wang CDF , Tianxiang Hu BC , Liang Xiao G*DOI: 10.12659/MSM.928931
Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e928931
Table 3 Comparison of image quality between two sequences datasets as scored by two readers.
| Characteristics | Reader 1, 1st | Reader 2, 1st | Reader 1, 2nd | Reader 2, 2nd | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCA stenosis patients (n=105) | 3D CUBE T1 without FS | 3D CUBE T1 with FS | p | 3D CUBE T1 without FS | 3D CUBE T1 with FS | p | 3D CUBE T1 without FS | 3D CUBE T1 with FS | p | 3D CUBE T1 without FS | 3D CUBE T1 with FS | p |
| Noise | 4.73± 0.54 | 4.04± 0.61 | 0.000 | 4.68± 0.37 | 4.05± 0.58 | 0.001 | 4.74± 0.38 | 4.06± 0.57 | 0.000 | 4.72± 0.37 | 4.04± 0.59 | 0.001 |
| Vessel wall visualization | 4.70± 0.57 | 4.37± 0.71 | 0.000 | 4.68± 0.36 | 4.26± 0.66 | 0.000 | 4.71± 0.37 | 4.39± 0.67 | 0.000 | 4.67± 0.39 | 4.26± 0.68 | 0.000 |
| Lumen visualization | 4.84± 0.41 | 4.81± 0.45 | 0.280 | 4.88± 0.19 | 4.83± 0.46 | 0.109 | 4.86± 0.33 | 4.80± 0.42 | 0.170 | 4.83± 0.17 | 4.82± 0.46 | 0.401 |
| Vessel wall and surrounding tissue resolution | 4.68± 0.56 | 4.15± 0.63 | 0.000 | 4.67± 0.41 | 4.20± 0.71 | 0.000 | 4.70± 0.56 | 4.16± 0.42 | 0.000 | 4.68± 0.40 | 4.23± 0.75 | 0.000 |
| Plaque visualization | 4.65± 0.60 | 4.33± 0.71 | 0.000 | 4.58± 0.56 | 4.40± 0.71 | 0.025 | 4.66± 0.54 | 4.38± 0.75 | 0.000 | 4.59± 0.52 | 4.40± 0.71 | 0.025 |
| Plaque and Vessel wall resolution | 4.58± 0.64 | 4.25± 0.70 | 0.000 | 4.56± 0.54 | 4.35± 0.75 | 0.033 | 4.59± 0.77 | 4.27± 0.63 | 0.000 | 4.57± 0.50 | 4.37± 0.57 | 0.033 |
| MCA – middle cerebral artery; FS – fat suppression. | ||||||||||||