Table 2.

Femoral Cartilage

	AFCs	AFCd	d/s [%]	MFCs	MFCd	d/s [%]	PFCs	PFCd	d/s [%]
T2 (CPMG) (ms)	62.4	53.40	14.4	68.93	55.42	19.6	59.36	54.29	8.5
T2 (TESS) (ms)	37.0	28.32	23.4	32.69	23.10	29.3	34.53	29.59	14.3
P-value (Wilcoxon)	0.002	0.002		0.002	0.002		0.002	0.002
Pearson coefficient	0.535	0.455		0.701	0.808		0.497	0.300

CPMG multi-echo multi-slice spin echo sequence; TESS triple echo steady state; AFCs anterior femoral condyle, superficial zone; AFCd anterior femoral condyle, deep zone; MFCs medial femoral condyle, superficial zone; MFCd medial femoral condyle, deep zone; PFCs posterior femoral condyle, superficial zone; PFCd posterior femoral condyle, deep zone; d/s deep/superficial ratio