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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: NMR Biomed. 2019 Nov 12;33(1):e4214. doi: 10.1002/nbm.4214

Table 1.

Mean T1, T, macromolecular fraction (f), and MTR values for various cadaveric human knee joint tissues including cartilage, menisci, ligaments, tendons, and muscle before and after elastix motion registration. The values in parentheses are percentage changes relative to the quantitative values before motion.

T1 (ms) T (ms) f (%) MTR (%)
Before motion After motion After registration Before motion After motion After registration Before motion After motion After registration Before motion After motion After registration
Meniscus 596.4±1.9 707.8±7.1 (18.68%) 626.8±10.2 (5.10%) 22.4±1.1 40.3±13.6 (79.91%) 24.4±1.7 (8.93%) 21.6±1.0 28.5±20.2 (31.94%) 21.0±0.6 (2.78%) 52.5±0.3 23.9±17.7 (54.48%) 53.0±0.7 (0.95%)
Femoral Cartilage 723.8±16.2 990.9±286.5 (36.90%) 652.2±10.1 (9.89%) 42.7±1.2 21.6±1.3 (49.41%) 38.5±0.2 (9.84%) 16.3±1.8 18.2±12.3 (11.66%) 15.2±1.1 (6.75%) 40.6±1.3 13.8±7.1 (66.01%) 43.8±1.0 (7.88%)
Tibial Cartilage 713.5±27.4 1246.2±360.2 (74.66%) 643.3±5.3 (9.84%) 36.9±3.8 31.2±7.0 (15.45%) 34.1±5.5 (7.59%) 16.1±1.2 20.7±12.7 (28.57%) 14.6±0.4 (9.32%) 43.0±1.1 15.5±1.9 (63.95%) 45.0±0.3 (4.65%)
Patellar Cartilage 898.3±9.9 658.5±26.5 (26.69%) 815.6±11.2 (9.21%) 57.3±4.1 34.5±3.9 (39.79%) 53.6±6.0 (6.46%) 12.3±1.4 23.7±20.9 (92.68%) 11.2±0.5 (8.94%) 42.1±1.7 2.6±3.1 (93.82%) 44.1±0.4 (4.75%)
Quadriceps tendon 555.8±11.2 457.9±2.2 (17.61%) 502.3±2.1 (9.63%) 14.6±0.9 11.2±0.4 (23.29%) 14.0±0.7 (4.11%) 19.5±0.9 23.2±0.9 (18.97%) 19.8±1.0 (1.54%) 48.3±5.8 85.7±1.4 (77.43%) 51.5±6.3 (6.63%)
Patellar Tendon 506.1±16.8 109.0±187.6 (78.46%) 531.9±16.2 (5.10%) 19.7±1.0 13.3±0.5 (32.49%) 17.8±0.3 (9.64%) 25.1±2.4 10.2±0.0 (59.36%) 27.5±3.8 (9.56%) 43.1±2.1 79.6±1.8 (84.69%) 47.3±2.9 (9.74%)
ACL 736.2±82.6 507.1±32.1 (31.12%) 665.1±8.2 (9.66%) 29.6±3.9 26.8±4.1 (9.46%) 29.0±3.7 (2.03%) 14.6±2.3 9.9±5.7 (32.19%) 13.3±1.3 (8.90%) 45.8±5.3 43.9±10.9 (4.15%) 48.7±5.1 (6.33%)
PCL 710.7±46.8 495.9±3.0 (30.22%) 648.5±13.1 (8.75%) 33.9±4.2 26.8±2.0 (20.94%) 34.7±5.8 (2.36%) 16.7±0.8 6.7±6.5 (59.88%) 15.4±0.7 (7.78%) 46.5±0.3 35.7±13.3 (23.23%) 48.1±1.2 (3.44%)
Muscle 1058.9±4.7 1168.7±31.7 (10.37%) 993.1±15.3 (6.21%) 63.3±1.3 45.0±10.3 (28.91%) 63.2±4.5 (0.16%) 7.9±0.3 6.0±2.5 (24.05%) 7.9±0.3 (0.00%) 37.0±0.1 9.9±8.2 (73.24%) 40.3±0.4 (8.92%)