Evaluation of simultaneous multi-slice echo planar imaging in the diagnosis of brain lesions in pediatric patients: a quantitative and qualitative study.

BMC Med Imaging · 2026 · PMC13040745 · PMID 41742082

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did not reach statistical significancep > 0.05actually significant

Although SNR and CNR favored SMS sequences over SS-EPI sequences for both 3T and 1.5T scanners, the differences did not reach statistical significance (all p > 0.05).

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highly significantno p-value reported

A consistent and highly significant advantage for SMS was observed for every criterion at both field strengths.

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