Table 2: Association between different level of iterative reconstruction with imaging parameters (Noise, SNR and CNR).

Algorithm Noise p-Value SNR p-Value CNR p-Value
Mean Sd Mean Sd Mean Sd
IR1 18.04 5.44 < 0.001 2.05 0.88 < 0.001 8.24 2.67 < 0.001
IR2 16.72 5.10 2.20 0.95 8.87 2.91
IR3 15.37 4.98 2.40 1.0 9.68 3.23
IR4 13.77 4.79 2.69 1.19 10.76 3.65
IR5 12.17 4.58 3.04 1.37 12.26 4.39
IR6 10.33 4.06 3.60 1.69 14.47 5.42

CNR: Contrast-to-Noise Ratio; SD: Standard Deviation; SNR: Signal-to-Noise Ratio