| C-DWI | SMS2-DWI | SMS3-DWI | P values | P values | P values | P values |
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Overall | C vs. SMS2 | SMS2 vs. SMS3 | C vs. SMS3 |
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SNR | | | | | | | |
b = 800 | 107.55 ± 48.56 | 103.51 ± 53.90 | 75.22 ± 57.60 | 0.015 | 1.000 | 0.059 | 0.024 |
b = 2000 | 50.88 ± 25.31 | 47.30 ± 23.11 | 38.95 ± 28.72 | 0.110 | 1.000 | 0.452 | 0.123 |
- Means and standard deviations are shown for all sequences. SNR, signal-to-noise ratio; b800, b = 800 s/mm2; b2000, b = 2000 s/mm2; C-DWI, conventional diffusion-weighted imaging; SMS2-DWI, simultaneous multislice accelerated DWI with an acceleration factor of 2; SMS3-DWI, simultaneous multislice accelerated DWI with an acceleration factor of 3