Figure 6.
Retardance maximum and minimum. (a) Mean of the maximum retardance near the articular surface Δmax (solid) ± standard deviation (dashed) as a function of age. (b) Mean of the maximum retardance near the articular surface Δmax as a function of age for the caudal site (solid), distal site (dashed) and rostral site (dotted). The model predicts significant differences for: '*' - distal site > rostral site, '◇' - rostral site > distal site, and 'o' - caudal site > rostral site. (c) Mean position of the retardance minimum near the articular surface d|Δmin (solid) ± standard deviation (dashed) as a function of age. (d) Mean position of the retardance minimum near the articular surface d|Δmin as a function of age for the caudal site (solid), distal site (dashed) and rostral site (dotted). The model predicts significant differences for: 'x' - rostral site > caudal site, '+' - distal site > caudal site, '*' - distal site > rostral site, and '◇' - rostral site > distal site.