Table 2:

Influence of the 3 registration procedures on image quality of different vessels (P values, Wilcoxon test)*

VesselReader 1Reader 2
BSCTA vs SB-BSCTABSCTA vs PR-BSCTASB-BSCTA vs PR-BSCTABSCTA vs SB-BSCTABSCTA vs PR-BSCTASB-BSCTA vs PR-BSCTA
CCA.000.000.353.000.000.052
ICA.000.000.003.000.000.001
ECA.000.000.000.002.000.000
PC-ICA.001.007.180.050.104.564
VA.000.000.870.000.000.108
BA.103.180.564.414.103.157
OA.317.5641.0.317.157.317
  • * Differences between bone subtraction without and with motion compensation are statistically significant for all vessels except for the BAs and OAs; differences between SB- and PR-BSCTA are statistically significant for the ECA and the cervical ICA.