Table 2. Results of Spearman rank correlation for percent contrast and CNR with BMPC% among the four different sequences in multiple myeloma (n = 45).

	Percent contrast		CNR
Sequence	ρ	p	ρ	p
IDEAL	−0.580	<0.0001	−0.664	<0.0001
FS-T2 FSE	−0.796	<0.0001	−0.709	<0.0001
Fast STIR	−0.494	<0.001	0.500	<0.001
T1 FSE	−0.086	0.57	−0.100	0.48

IDEAL, water image of IDEAL; FS-T₂ FSE, fat-suppressed T₂ FSE.