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Table 1 Overview of artifact sizes in axial slides from dental alloys in the applied sequences

From: Metal artifact reduction in patients with dental implants using multispectral three-dimensional data acquisition for hybrid PET/MRI

 

Minimum

Maximum

Mean

SD

Size of artifact (mm2)

    

 LAVA-Flex

81.7

2,711.5

611.7

578.2

 T1-FSE

36.3

1,169.0

194.9

210.6

 MAVRIC

15.2

891.6

130.8

157.3

 MAVRIC-fast

11.9

880.6

125.9

167.8

Absolute reduction of artifact (mm2), compared to LAVA-Flex

    

 T1-FSE

−3.7

−2,009.5

−416.8

417.9

 MAVRIC

−11.5

−2,287.5

−480.9

463.6

 MAVRIC-fast

−39.2

−2,208.8

−485.8

450.3

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

    

 T1-FSE

−04

−88

−62

19

 MAVRIC

−11

−96

−75

19

 MAVRIC-fast

−37

−96

−78

17

  1. SD standard deviation.