Table 3.

Tibial Cartilage

	ATCs	ATCd	d/s [%]	MTCs	MTCd	d/s [%]	PTCs	PTCd	d/s [%]
T2 (CPMG) [ms]	51.17	33.58	34.4	52.65	38.00	27.8	57.65	42.78	25.8
T2 (TESS) [ms]	32.08	20.40	36.4	30.39	23.78	21.8	31.18	24.73	20.8
P-value (Wilcoxon)	0.003	0.002		0.002	0.002		0.002	0.002
PEARSON COEFFICIENT	0.136	0.806		0.807	0.865		0.740	0.913

CPMG multi-echo multi-slice spin echo sequence; TESS triple echo steady state; ATCs anterior tibial condyle, superficial zone; ATCd anterior tibial condyle, deep zone; MTCs tibial femoral condyle, superficial zone; MTCd medial tibial condyle, deep zone; PTCs posterior tibial condyle, superficial zone; PTCd posterior tibial condyle, deep zone; d/s deep/superficial ratio