Table 2:

MR imaging assessment results for both readers

Reader 1Reader 2Average (%)
Cause of T1H
 Melanin only179 (83.6%)170 (79.4%)81.5%
 Blood products only26 (12.1%)22 (10.3%)11.2%
 Both melanin and blood7 (3.3%)13 (6.1%)4.7%
 Artifacts2 (0.9%)9 (4.2%)2.6%
Relative conspicuity (overall)
 Only seen on T1-SPACE1 (0.5%)0 (0%)0.2%
 Better on T1-SPACE1 (0.5%)4 (1.9%)1.2%
 Similar conspicuity31 (14.5%)41 (19.2%)16.8%
 Better on MPRAGE123 (57.5%)122 (57.0%)57.2%
 Only seen on MPRAGE58 (27.1%)47 (22.0%)24.5%
Relative conspicuity (melanin)
 Only seen on T1-SPACE0 (0%)0 (0%)0.0%
 Better on T1-SPACE1 (0.6%)2 (1.2%)0.9%
 Similar conspicuity19 (10.6%)29 (17.1%)13.8%
 Better on MPRAGE114 (63.7%)98 (57.6%)60.7%
 Only seen on MPRAGE45 (25.1%)41 (24.1%)24.6%
Relative conspicuity (blood)
 Only seen on T1-SPACE1 (3.8%)0 (0%)1.9%
 Better on T1-SPACE0 (0%)1 (4.3%)2.2%
 Similar conspicuity6 (23.1%)6 (26.1%)24.6%
 Better on MPRAGE7 (26.9%)12 (52.2%)39.5%
 Only seen on MPRAGE12 (46.2%)4 (17.4%)31.8%