Sentence examples for impaired image from inspiring English sources

The resulting geometric separation of illumination and imaging paths is necessary for good imaging contrast; any violation leads to impaired image quality.

A possible reason for the impaired image quality is the low animal weight of 1.6 kg.

Dental fillings and implants impaired image quality on PET/MR scans in two patients (6.25 %) and on PET/CT scans in four patients (12.5 %; Figs.  2 and 3).

Breath: artifacts due to breath/chest movement; SM: slice misalignment due to heart rate variability or premature beat during the scan; Ca: blooming artifact due to large calcifications; S/N: impaired image signal/image noise ratio; CD: cardiac device.

In the 221 segments with image quality rated other than excellent (score 1), reasons for impaired image quality were arterial wall calcifications in 48.9% (108/221), motion artifacts in 46.6% (103/221), or other in 4.5% of segments (10/221; low signal-to-noise ratio, n=5; low vessel opacification, n=4; overlaying adjacent structures, n=1).

The causes of impaired image quality were classified as motion artifacts related to the inability to sustain the breath hold, blooming effect due to large calcifications of coronary vessels, slice misalignment related to heart rate variation or premature ventricular beats during the scan, presence of cardiac device and impaired signal/image noise ratio.

However, motion artifacts, especially in patients with higher heart rates, can impair image quality.

The coil array supports 1D acceleration factors of up to R = 3 without impairing image quality significantly.

The phase plate proves to be mechanically stable and does not impair image quality, in particular it does not reduce the high-resolution signal.

Limitations of CEUS include interoperator variability, issues of reproducibility, and variations in body habitus and bowel gas that can impair image quality.

> -wrap-foot> aApplied scores were 1 excellent (no artifacts), 2 good (minor artifacts, good image quality), 3 adequate (moderate artifacts, acceptable image quality), and 4 not assessable (severe artifacts impairing image evaluation).