Table 3 Objective assessment of image quality

CT

ICAs

702.72

(167.65)

619.88

(144.06)

759.10

(193.51)

823.1

(210.08)

707.25

(176.66)

0.05

0.09

0.003

0.56

MCAs

657.18

(162.78)

605.21

(129.82)

739.13

(183.32)

754.35

(179.45)

678.81

(165.15)

0.26

0.06

0.03

0.33

BA

643.86

(163.33)

539.20

(142.49)

666.02

(196.99)

739.14

(176.30)

623.15

(166.03)

0.12

0.65

0.04

0.64

BS

51.90

(5.06)

54.76

(5.22)

46.15

(5.36)

52.61

(4.59)

45.50

(4.83)

0.04

<0.001

0.58

<0.001

SD

ICAs

10.24

(3.80)

28.68

(15.97)

39.91

(21.57)

39.09

(22.19)

32.39

(20.14)

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

MCAs

10.31

(4.47)

24.99

(9.85)

25.19

(10.27)

26.11

(12.69)

17.83

(9.36)

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

0.002

BA

10.23

(5.08)

43.87

(19.14)

42.00

(20.38)

46.44

(19.21)

39.08

(16.20)

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

BS

10.09

(3.20)

14.30

(1.63)

9.39

(1.35)

7.70

(1.45)

6.07

(1.10)

<0.001

0.28

0.001

<0.001

SNR

ICAs

81.09

(45.15)

27.26

(13.66)

24.73

(12.49)

26.24

(12.36)

28.97

(15.97)

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

MCAs

82.26

(52.88)

27.59

(11.77)

32.54

(12,01)

33.69

(12.27)

45.43

(18.07)

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

BA

79.62

(42.84)

14.59

(8.06)

19.57

(13.20)

17.79

(7.34)

20.02

(13.07)

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

BS

5.72

(2.12)

3.87

(0.48)

5.00

(0.82)

7.00

(1.12)

7.65

(1.22)

<0.001

0.62

0.002

<0.001

CNR

ICAs

73.54

(37.03)

40.03

(10.61)

77.19

(21.64)

101.43

(25.42)

110.66

(29.69)

<0.001

0.05

<0.001

<0.001

MCAs

68.51

(35.08)

38.80

(9.65)

76.11

(21.38)

93.22

(25.13)

106.19

(24.55)

<0.001

0.09

0.002

<0.001

BA

67.45

(36.10)

34.32

(10.22)

66.95

(21.34)

88.76

(24.39)

96.55

(27.46)

<0.001

0.38

0.001

<0.001