Table 1.

Coefficients of Variation in (a) phantoms and (b) in vivo.

(a)
	SE	MESE	FSE 4	FSE 8	FSE 16	Spiral	SPGR	Average
Phantom 1	0.066	0.008	0.036	0.019	0.026	0.037	0.003	0.028
Phantom 2	0.038	0.001	0.027	0.026	0.026	0.039	0.051	0.030
Phantom 3	0.068	0.028	0.061	0.045	0.075	0.016	0.006	0.043
Average	0.057	0.012	0.041	0.030	0.042	0.031	0.020	0.033

(b)
	SE	MESE	FSE 4	FSE 8	FSE 16	Spiral	SPGR
Cartilage	0.053	0.054	0.071	0.073	0.070	0.051	0.042
Muscle	0.044	0.025	0.030	0.033	0.028	0.018	0.011
Sub Fat	0.024	0.025	0.123	0.053	0.032
Marrow	0.012	0.007	0.052	0.046	0.038