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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Bone. 2015 Jul 26;81:300–305. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2015.07.033

Table 4.

Preliminary comparison between endplate topography measurements made from in vivo and in vitro vertebral body images. For in vivo measurements, distribution parameters are presented for two vertebral levels from the same patient (supine/AP scan, T12, L1). Average distribution parameters are presented for 117 in vitro specimens followed by range (Min, Max). All in vivo measurements were within the range of the in vitro cohort.

Scan type Parameter Av (mm) SD (mm) Kurt Skew
Superior in vivo T12, L1 2.53, 4.10 0.94, 1.07 0.82, 0.10 0.84, −0.16
in vitro T10-L1 AP Av
(Min, Max)		 2.64
(0.96, 5.57)		 0.97
(0.50, 2.09)		 0.49
(−1.18, 8.24)		 −0.09
(−1.02, 2.33)
Inferior in vivo T12, L1 4.10, 3.80 0.87, 0.83 1.05, 0.02 −0.92, −0.61
in vitro T10-L1 AP Av
(Min, Max)		 2.18
(0.64, 5.12)		 0.87
(0.44, 2.51)		 0.67
(−1.20, 13.06)		 0.17
(−1.79, 2.73)