Table 3:

Visual scores for readers 1 and 2

Mean of CriteriaReader 1Reader 2
STD GroupLD GroupSTD GroupLD Group
Subjective image noise1.53 ± 0.581.92 ± 0.421.53 ± 0.581.81 ± 0.47
Sharpness1.45 ± 0.501.65 ± 0.561.41 ± 0.501.57 ± 0.56
Diagnostic acceptability1.16 ± 0.421.28 ± 0.511.16 ± 0.421.21 ± 0.44
Artifacts2.06 ± 0.312.02 ± 0.382.12 ± 0.332.01 ± 0.30