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Table 2 HU values of MC regions and adjacent no MC vertebra corresponding regions

From: The correlation between the change of Hounsfield units value and Modic changes in the lumbar vertebral endplate

HU value (HU)

Endplate regions

Bone marrow regions

axial plane

sagittal plane

axial plane

sagittal plane

MCs I

543.70 ± 130.02

546.95 ± 123.50

339.32 ± 139.82

332.51 ± 144.24

Adjacent no MCs I

351.88 ± 90.72

350.27 ± 87.37

147.28 ± 36.52

142.77 ± 41.23

MCs II

561.90 ± 158.40

565.30 ± 155.27

354.05 ± 148.54

357.75 ± 149.05

Adjacent no MCs II

327.66 ± 87.32

326.17 ± 85.39

144.11 ± 52.68

147.72 ± 52.19

MCs III

729.87 ± 125.83

736.93 ± 139.58

532.90 ± 186.24

544.32 ± 192.60

Adjacent no MCs III

392.28 ± 107.28

391.71 ± 99.01

145.08 ± 41.88

143.28 ± 41.13

  1. The HU values of MC regions and adjacent no MC vertebra corresponding regions were measured in different adjacent vertebral levels in the same patient at the same time and on the same CT image
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