Table 7.
Statistical difference between scanning sequences per material per plane (black/white combined)
| Combined |
Tukey–Kramer | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APA | Au | Ag | Al | Ti | NC | CC | Axial |
| ns | ns | ns | a | ns | ns | ns | FSE-T1, FSE-T2 |
| b | b | b | b | b | b | b | FSE-T1, GRASS |
| b | b | b | b | b | b | b | FSE-T1, FSPGR |
| b | b | b | b | b | b | b | FSE-T1, GRE |
| b | b | b | b | b | b | b | FSE-T1, SPGR |
| b | b | b | b | b | b | b | FSE-T1, FIESTA |
| b | b | b | b | b | b | b | FSE-T1, EPI |
| b | b | b | b | b | b | b | FSE-T2, GRASS |
| b | b | b | b | b | b | b | FSE-T2, FSPGR |
| b | b | b | b | b | b | b | FSE-T2, GRE |
| a | b | b | b | b | b | b | FSE-T2, SPGR |
| b | b | b | b | b | b | b | FSE-T2, FIESTA |
| b | b | b | b | b | b | b | FSE-T2, EPI |
| b | b | ns | b | b | b | b | GRASS, FSPGR |
| ns | ns | b | a | b | ns | b | GRASS, GRE |
| ns | b | a | a | a | a | b | GRASS, SPGR |
| b | b | b | b | b | b | b | GRASS, FIESTA |
| b | b | b | b | b | b | b | GRASS, EPI |
| b | b | b | b | b | ns | b | FSPGR, GRE |
| ns | ns | ns | ns | b | ns | b | FSPGR, SPGR |
| b | b | b | b | b | b | b | FSPGR, FIESTA |
| b | b | b | b | b | b | b | FSPGR, EPI |
| a | b | b | b | b | ns | b | GRE, SPGR |
| b | b | b | b | b | b | b | GRE, FIESTA |
| b | b | b | b | b | b | b | GRE, EPI |
| b | b | b | b | b | b | b | SPGR, FIESTA |
| b | b | b | b | b | b | b | SPGR, EPI |
| b | b | b | b | b | b | b | FIESTA, EPI |
| Combined |
Tukey–Kramer | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APA | Au | Ag | Al | Ti | NC | CC | Sagittal |
| ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | b | FSE-T1, FSE-T2 |
| b | b | b | b | b | b | b | FSE-T1, GRASS |
| b | b | b | b | b | b | b | FSE-T1, FSPGR |
| b | b | b | b | b | b | b | FSE-T1, GRE |
| a | b | b | b | b | b | b | FSE-T1, SPGR |
| b | b | b | b | b | b | b | FSE-T1, FIESTA |
| b | b | b | b | b | b | b | FSE-T1, EPI |
| b | b | b | b | b | b | b | FSE-T2, GRASS |
| b | b | b | b | b | b | b | FSE-T2, FSPGR |
| b | b | b | b | b | b | b | FSE-T2, GRE |
| a | b | b | b | b | b | b | FSE-T2, SPGR |
| b | b | b | b | b | b | b | FSE-T2, FIESTA |
| b | b | b | b | b | b | b | FSE-T2, EPI |
| b | b | a | a | b | b | b | GRASS, FSPGR |
| ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | a | b | GRASS, GRE |
| b | b | a | ns | b | b | b | GRASS, SPGR |
| b | b | b | b | b | b | b | GRASS, FIESTA |
| b | b | b | b | b | b | b | GRASS, EPI |
| b | b | b | b | b | b | b | FSPGR, GRE |
| ns | ns | ns | a | ns | b | ns | FSPGR, SPGR |
| b | b | b | b | b | b | b | FSPGR, FIESTA |
| b | b | b | b | b | b | b | FSPGR, EPI |
| b | b | b | ns | b | b | b | GRE, SPGR |
| b | b | b | b | b | b | b | GRE, FIESTA |
| b | b | b | b | b | b | b | GRE, EPI |
| b | b | b | b | b | b | b | SPGR, FIESTA |
| b | b | b | b | b | b | b | SPGR, EPI |
| b | b | b | b | b | b | b | FIESTA, EPI |
–, not measured; Ag, silver alloy; Al, aluminium; APA, gold–palladium–silver alloy; Au, type IV gold alloy; CC, cobalt–chromium alloy; EPI, echo planar imaging sequence; FIESTA, fast imaging employing steady state sequence; FSE-T1, T1 weighted fast spin echo sequence; FSE-T2, T2 weighted fast spin echo sequence; FSPGR, fast SPGR sequence; GRASS, gradient recalled acquisition in steady state sequence; GRE, gradient echo sequence; NC, nickel–chromium alloy; ns, non-significant; SD, standard deviation; SPQR, spoiled GRASS sequence; Ti, titanium.
a
p < 0.05.
b
p < 0.01.