Figure 2.
Effect of deproteinization on the T2 spectrum of bone (mean of each batch with SD depicted in the shading). Treatment of bone with NaClO for 96 hours decreased the bound water signals (baseline versus 96 hours: p < 0.0001) and shifted pore water signals from primarily long‐T2's to short‐T2's (A). This shift in T2's translated to an increase in the volume fraction of pore water (B) after organic matter removal by NaClO, even though there was not an effect on cortical porosity as determined by µCT imaging (C). ****p < 0.0001 from Wilcoxon signed rank test.