Table 3.
Mean anatomic identification scores of the images
Images | Sharpness of the image |
FS |
Cartilage evaluation |
Total |
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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 |
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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.