Table 2:

Confidence scores recorded by the 2 readers for all cases and for individual locations on the bSSFP sequence compared with postcontrast T1WIa

Reader 1Reader 2
All cases (47)
 T1WI4.17 ± 0.82 (2–5)4.36 ± 0.61 (3–5)
 bSSFP4.77 ± 0.43 (4–5)4.55 ± 0.58 (3–5)
Pineal location (27)
 Without bSSFP4.07 ± 0.96 (2–5)4.41 ± 0.67 (3–5)
 With bSSFP4.74 ± 0.45 (4–5)4.63 ± 0.56 (3–5)
Suprasellar location (17)
 Without bSSFP4.35 ± 0.61 (3–5)4.29 ± 0.69 (3–5)
 With bSSFP4.94 ± 0.24 (4–5)4.47 ± 0.28 (3–5)
Other location (3)
 Without bSSFP4 ± 0.00 (4)4.3 ± 0.58 (4–5)
 With bSSFP4 ± 0.00 (4)4.3 ± 0.58 (4–5)
  • a Data are mean and range.