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Table 3 Comparison of the VGAS mean values for pre-contrast images of T1wFLAIR and T1wTSE sequences of the brain using predefined criteria

From: Comparison of T1wFLAIR and T1wTSE sequences in imaging the brain of small animals using high-field MRI

Imaging Criteria

VGAS Mean Value

Standard Error

P-value *

Bonferroni Adjusted

CSF Suppression

0.95

0.04

<  0.00001

0.83 1.07

WM-GM

0.92

0.04

<  0.00001

0.79 1.04

WM-CSF

0.88

0.03

<  0.00001

0.78 0.98

Presence of Noise

−0.88

0.03

<  0.00001

−1.00 -0.77

Overall Better Image Quality

−0.089

0.10

0.39606

−0.43 0.26

Composite VGAS

0.47

0.02

<  0.00001

0.40 0.54

  1. * P-value derived from two-tailed t-tests with 27 degrees of freedom