Table 2.

Determination of nulling points by fitting IR-UTE data with multiple TIs and with five TIs.

TR (ms)	Nulling point fitting with multiple TIs (ms)	Nulling point fitting with five TIs	ICC	P value
500	142.1 ± 12.0	141.3 ± 11.6	0.999 (0.998, 1.000)	< 0.001
400	123.8 ± 8.6	123.4 ± 8.9	0.998 (0.994, 0.999)	< 0.001
300	102.4 ± 5.9	101.3 ± 6.2	0.993 (0.974, 0.998)	< 0.001
250	89.8 ± 5.2	88.9 ± 5.3	0.993 (0.977, 0.998)	< 0.001
200	74.8 ± 4.2	74.8 ± 4.2	0.992 (0.973, 0.998)	< 0.001
150	59.3 ± 3.7	59.2 ± 3.9	0.999 (0.995, 1.000)	< 0.001

Note: Data in means ± standard deviation. Data in parentheses are the 95% confidence interval.

P < 0.05 indicates a significant difference.

ICC = intraclass correlation coefficient, TI = inversion time, TR = time of repetition.