Research Article

With 3 Types of Respiratory Acquisition: 3.0 T Respiratory Triggered Acquisition Can Obtain Higher Quality DWI Images of the Upper Abdomen

Table 4

Comparison of the liver SNR of the three DWIs in 1.5 T and 3.0 T.

(T)bRTBHFB1P2P3P

1.5b = 1006.0 ± 1.54.0 ± 1.06.9 ± 3.00.0010.006<0.0001
b = 8003.0 ± 0.72.2 ± 0.83.5 ± 0.70.0020.0050.001
3.0b = 1003.7 ± 1.22.3 ± 0.35.8 ± 2.10.001<0.0001<0.0001
b = 8001.9 ± 0.21.8 ± 0.92.4 ± 1.00.60.0160.012

BH, breath-holding DWI; RT, respiratory-triggered DWI; FB, free-breathing DWI.