TABLE 1.

MRI parameters means in control and 2.5-h trypsin degraded BNC samples

MRI Measurement	Control (n = 60)	2.5-h Trypsin (n = 60)	Coefficient of Variation (%)
ADC (× 10−3 mm2/s)	1.90 ± 0.10	2.08 ± 0.09 **	2.8
DW (b = 333 s/mm2)	1.12 ± 0.11	1.01 ± 0.06 **	2.3
DW (b = 666 s/mm2)	1.79 ± 0.20	1.52 ± 0.11 **	4.6
DW (b = 1000 s/mm2)	2.60 ± 0.41	2.39 ± 0.36 **	12.5
DW (b = 1333 s/mm2)	1.89 ± 0.61	1.85 ± 0.55	6.3
DW (b = 1666 s/mm2)	1.14 ± 0.20	1.17 ± 0.17	13.5
DW (b = 2000 s/mm2)	0.97 ± 0.13	1.09 ± 0.14 **	14.2
MTR	0.46 ± 0.02	0.43 ± 0.02 **	1.7
MTW (Tsat = 50 ms)	0.69 ± 0.04	0.69 ± 0.03	1.5
MTW (Tsat = 100 ms)	0.68 ± 0.04	0.69 ± 0.03	2.0
MTW (Tsat = 150 ms)	0.58 ± 0.06	0.60 ± 0.03 **	1.5
MTW (Tsat = 200 ms)	0.53 ± 0.03	0.54 ± 0.03 *	1.4
T1 (ms)	866.8 ± 31.4	1000.7 ± 31.7 **	2.9
T1W	1.31 ± 0.15	1.32 ± 0.09	7.2
T2 - 3D (ms)	78.5 ± 6.3	88.3 ± 7.9 **	2.5
T2 - 2D (ms)	50.2 ± 6.1	63.7 ± 9.9 **	9.0
PDW (TE = 10 ms)	1.20 ± 0.13	1.16 ± 0.11 **	0.9
IDW (TE = 30 ms)	0.97 ± 0.11	0.97 ± 0.09	0.9
T2W (TE = 60 ms)	0.72 ± 0.09	0.75 ± 0.08 **	0.7
T2* (ms)	21 ± 7	25 ± 6 **	5.7

^*p < 0.05 control vs. 2.5-h trypsin,

^**p < 0.01 control vs. 2.5-h trypsin