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Table 3 Overview of artifact sizes in axial images in the tested sequences

From: Metal artifact reduction in 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET/MRI for prostate cancer patients with hip joint replacement using multiacquisition variable-resonance image combination

 

Minimum

Maximum

Mean

SD

Size of artifact (cm2)

MAVRIC-SL

12.62

42.93

26.17

8.36

T1w-FSE

19.69

130.79

61.57

32.05

LAVA-FLEX

31.23

154.03

67.72

33.70

Relative reduction of artifact (%), compared to LAVA-FLEX

MAVRIC-SL

+ 23.0

+ 77.0

+ 57.3

+ 12.4

T1w-FSE

− 69.0

+ 46.0

+ 9.5

+ 21.9