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

Table 3 Combined image quality scores for pre- and post-contrast radial volumetric interpolated breath-hold examination and pre- and post-contrast cartesian volumetric interpolated breath-hold examination with 95%CI and P values

Image qualityparameter	rVIBE		cVIBE		P value
	Mean	95%CI	Mean	95%CI
Liver edge sharpness	3.37	3.21-3.53	3.87	3.71-4.03	< 0.001
Hepatic vessel clarity	3.18	2.95-3.40	3.71	3.49-3.93	< 0.001
Artifacts	3.06	2.85-3.27	3.74	3.53-3.95	< 0.001
Lesion conspicuity	3.20	3.01-3.39	3.81	3.62-4.00	< 0.001
Fat saturation	4.03	3.78-4.27	4.12	3.88-4.37	0.17
Overall image quality	3.24	3.02-3.45	3.91	3.69-4.12	< 0.001

VIBE: Volumetric interpolated breath-hold examination; rVIBE: Radial VIBE; cVIBE: Cartesian VIBE.