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Table 1 Comparison of T2 values between conventional T2 mapping and fat-suppressed T2 mapping

From: Fat-suppressed T2 mapping of human knee femoral articular cartilage: comparison with conventional T2 mapping

 

Conventional T2 (Mean ± SD)

Fat-suppressed T2 (Mean ± SD)

P-value

LFC

 -70° ~ -50°

56.1 ± 7.3

51.5 ± 6.0

0.020

 -50° ~ -30°

50.0 ± 8.2

46.6 ± 7.1

0.051

 -30° ~ -10°

47.4 ± 8.3

42.4 ± 8.7

0.001

 -10° ~ 10°

52.1 ± 10.7

46.4 ± 11.6

0.040

 10° ~ 30°

55.0 ± 9.6

50.1 ± 10.9

0.077

 30° ~ 50°

57.8 ± 7.9

54.6 ± 7.7

0.044

 50° ~ 70°

49.8 ± 9.9

51.5 ± 7.9

0.458

 70° ~ 90°

44.0 ± 6.1

43.1 ± 5.8

0.541

 90° ~ 110°

40.3 ± 6.6

38.9 ± 10.2

0.091

MFC

 -70° ~ -50°

56.4 ± 19.5

50.1 ± 13.7

0.090

 -50° ~ -30°

58.0 ± 9.0

50.0 ± 6.6

0.001

 -30° ~ -10°

54.0 ± 8.0

51.8 ± 10.3

0.352

 -10° ~ 10°

52.5 ± 13.5

50.1 ± 12.0

0.453

 10° ~ 30°

56.2 ± 11.0

54.9 ± 13.8

0.490

 30° ~ 50°

57.7 ± 10.1

56.0 ± 9.4

0.499

 50° ~ 70°

55.5 ± 8.3

56.0 ± 7.1

0.716

 70° ~ 90°

53.1 ± 7.2

53.5 ± 8.4

0.681

 90° ~ 110°

53.0 ± 7.8

54.7 ± 7.7

0.040

  1. Note. – SD standard deviation, LFC lateral femoral condyle, MFC medial femoral condyle