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World J Radiol. Jul 28, 2016; 8(7): 707-715
Published online Jul 28, 2016. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v8.i7.707
Published online Jul 28, 2016. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v8.i7.707
Image qualityparameter | Scoring criteria |
Liver edge sharpness | 1 Non diagnostic; severe blurring |
2 Poor and unacceptable; moderate to severe blurring resulting in considerable loss of anatomic detail | |
3 Fair and acceptable; mild blurring resulting in acceptable images with minimal loss of anatomic detail | |
4 Good and diagnostic; barely perceptible blurring | |
5 Very good and sharp | |
Artifacts | 1 Non-diagnostic; severe artifacts |
2 Poor and unacceptable; moderate to severe artifacts resulting in significant loss of information | |
3 Fair and acceptable; mild artifacts and very minimal loss of information | |
4 Good and diagnostic; no perceptible artifacts in the area of interest and minimal artifacts at the margins | |
5 Very good; no artifacts | |
Hepatic vessel clarity | 1 Uninterpretable |
2 Severely blurred | |
3 Moderately blurred | |
4 Mildly blurred | |
5 Sharp | |
Lesion conspicuity | 1 Most lesions not seen |
2 Most lesions barely seen but margins and internal heterogeneity not well delineated | |
3 All lesions seen with at least 50% of the lesions showing good delineation of margins and internal heterogeneity | |
4 All lesions seen with at least 75% of lesions showing good delineation of the margins and internal heterogeneity | |
5 All lesions seen with good delineation of margins and internal heterogeneity | |
Fat saturation | 1 Unacceptable |
2 Poor | |
3 Fair | |
4 Good | |
5 Very good | |
Overall image quality | 1 Non-diagnostic |
2 Poor and unacceptable | |
3 Fair and acceptable | |
4 Good and diagnostic | |
5 Very good |
- Citation: Yedururi S, Kang HC, Wei W, Wagner-Bartak NA, Marcal LP, Stafford RJ, Willis BJ, Szklaruk J. Free-breathing radial volumetric interpolated breath-hold examination vs breath-hold cartesian volumetric interpolated breath-hold examination magnetic resonance imaging of the liver at 1.5T. World J Radiol 2016; 8(7): 707-715
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1949-8470/full/v8/i7/707.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4329/wjr.v8.i7.707