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. 2016 Apr 13;89(1062):20151074. doi: 10.1259/bjr.20151074

Table 3.

Mean anatomic identification scores of the images

Images Sharpness of the image
FS
Cartilage evaluation
Total
Reader 1 Reader 2 Reader 1 Reader 2 Reader 1 Reader 2 Reader 1 Reader 2
Water-only image and FS image
 mDixon 2.85 (±0.40) 2.84 (±0.48) 2.87 (±0.38) 2.79 (±0.41) 2.93 (±0.31) 2.85 (±0.47) 8.65 (±0.77) 8.49 (±1.19)
 FS T2WI 2.90 (±0.31) 2.85 (±0.36) 2.81 (±0.47) 2.79 (±0.48) 2.09 (±0.76) 2.94 (±0.24) 8.684 (±0.72) 8.59 (±0.93)
p-value 0.527 0.763 0.102 0.739 0.414 0.234 1.000 0.836
Images Sharpness of the image
Cruciate ligament evaluation
Cartilage evaluation
Total
Reader 1 Reader 2 Reader 1 Reader 2 Reader 1 Reader 2 Reader 1 Reader 2
In-phase image and T2WI
 mDixon 2.85 (±0.36) 2.85 (±0.40) 2.56 (±0.72) 2.68 (±0.53) 2.90 (±0.31) 2.82 (±0.42) 8.31 (±1.03) 8.35 (±1.05)
 T2WI 2.93 (±0.26) 2.91 (±0.29) 2.75 (±0.53) 2.82 (±0.42) 2.91 (±0.29) 2.90 (±0.31) 8.59 (±0.76) 8.63 (±0.75)
p-value 0.046 0.102 0.005 0.013 0.317 0.059 <0.001 0.002

FS, fat suppression; mDixon, three-point Dixon; T2WI, T2 weighted image.

Data in parentheses are standard deviations.