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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Magn Reson Imaging. 2013 Jan 3;31(5):669–675. doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2012.10.017

Table 5.

Pelvis Sequence Conspicuity

Sequence* Conspicuity Ranking Scale (number of segments, percent) Total Mean
1 2 3 4 5
DWI axial 1 (4.35%) 0 (0.00%) 3 (13.04%) 10 (43.48%) 9 (39.13%) 23 4.13
FS T1 + C axial 1 (4.17%) 1 (4.17%) 6 (25.00%) 9 (37.50%) 7 (29.17%) 24 3.83
FS T1 + C sagittal 1 (4.17%) 2 (8.33%) 4 (16.67%) 12 (50.00%) 5 (20.83%) 24 3.75
FO T2 coronal 0 (0.00%) 5 (21.74%) 4 (17.39%) 6 (26.09%) 8 (34.78%) 23 3.74

DWI = diffusion-weighted imaging, FO = fat only, FS = fat saturated, + C = intravenous gadolinium contrast administration

*

The sequences shown were significantly different from the remainder (not shown)