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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: NMR Biomed. 2015 Nov 3;28(12):1754–1762. doi: 10.1002/nbm.3436

Table 3.

Mean and standard deviation of pore water concentration (WCPore), collagen-bound water concentration (WCCollagen) and mineral-bound water concentration (WCMineral) using UTE imaging techniques, THO-H2O isotope exchange study and gravimetric analysis, respectively.

Pore
Water (WCPore)		 Collagen-Bound
Water (WCCollagen)		 Mineral-Bound
Water (WCMineral)		 WCPore + WCCollagen WCPore + WCCollagen
+ WCMineral
UTE Measured WCTotal - - - 21.0 ± 2.8% -
IR-UTE Measured WCCollagen - 17.9 ± 1.6% - - -
Pore Water (WCTotal – WCCollagen) 4.7 ± 0.5% - - - -
UTE + Bi-Component Analysis 5.3 ± 0.4% 15.7 ± 2.3% - - -
THO-H2O Exchange 5.9 ± 0.6% 18.1 ± 2.1% 9.5 ± 0.6% - 33.5 ± 0.6%
Gravimetric Analysis 6.3 ± 0.8% 19.2 ± 3.6% - 25.5 ± 0.6% -