Interrater agreement on image-quality comparisons of CS-SENSE and conventional MRIa
| Metric | SAG FLAIR (n = 35 Exams) | AX SPGR (n = 34 Exams) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Image Quality of CS-SENSE ≥ Conventional | Image Quality of CS-SENSE ≥ Conventional | |||||
| Both Raters | 1 Rater | Neither Rater | Both Raters | 1 Rater | Neither Rater | |
| Optimal image quality | 28 (80.0) | 7 (20.0) | 0 (0.0) | 26 (76.5) | 6 (17.6) | 2 (5.9) |
| Optimal SNR | 32 (91.4) | 3 (8.6) | 0 (0.0) | 23 (67.6) | 10 (29.4) | 1 (2.9) |
| Trace or no artifacts | 27 (77.1) | 5 (14.3) | 3 (8.6) | 29 (85.3) | 3 (8.8) | 2 (5.9) |
| Sharp gray-white matter boundaries | 28 (80.0) | 7 (20.0) | 0 (0.0) | 26 (76.5) | 8 (23.5) | 0 (0.0) |
| Sharp lesion boundaries | 29 (87.9) | 4 (12.1) | 0 (0.0) | 27 (87.1) | 3 (9.7) | 1 (3.2) |
Note:—SAG indicates sagittal; AX, axial.
↵a Values are No. (%).