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Table 2 Subjective image quality assessed by 5-point Likert scale

From: The efficacy of short acquisition time using 18F-FDG total-body PET/CT for the identification of pediatric epileptic foci

Image quality score

Group 300 s

(range 1–5)

Group 150 s

(range 1–5)

Group 60 s

(range 1–5)

P value

Overall quality

4.79 ± 0.37

4.37 ± 0.55

3.21 ± 0.46

< 0.001

Image noise

4.67 ± 0.46

4.27 ± 0.52

2.73 ± 0.59

< 0.001

Lesion conspicuity

4.92 ± 0.27

4.62 ± 0.49

4.08 ± 0.74

< 0.001

  1. All scores were presented as mean value ± SD and the images were reconstructed with a voxel size of 3.125 × 3.125 × 1.44 mm3