Table 2.
Mean T1, AdiabT1ρ, MTR, MT modeling of macromolecular fraction (f), and T2* for various knee joint tissues including meniscus, femoral cartilage, tibial cartilage, patellar cartilage, quadriceps tendon, patellar tendon, ACL, PCL, and muscle of 15 healthy volunteers before and after elastix motion registration.
| T1 (ms) | T1ρ(ms) | MTR (%) | f (%) | T2*(ms) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before registration | After registration | Before registration | After registration | Beforeregistration | Afterregistration | Before registration | After registration | Before registration | After registration | |
| Meniscus | 820.1±56.7 | 820.1±57.9 | 20.1±2.1 | 20.9±1.5*1 | 57.0±4.6 | 58.1±3.1 | 19.1±2.0 | 18.9±1.5 | 11.1±7.9 | 9.0±1.4 |
| Femoral Cartilage | 1118.1±129.4 | 1152.1±116.0 | 42.5±8.3 | 44.2±7.1 | 47.3±7.0 | 46.7±5.7 | 11.3±1.5 | 10.7±1.6*5 | 33.3±8.9 | 39.6±7.9*7 |
| Tibial Cartilage | 957.2±114.9 | 943.8±93.2 | 33.8±5.3 | 32.6±4.6 | 48.6±4.4 | 49.7±4.0 | 15.5±6.2 | 14.3±2.7 | 24.0±7.2 | 20.2±4.2*8 |
| Patellar Cartilage | 1094.7±110.5 | 1105.2±117.0 | 46.1±5.8 | 46.2±5.1 | 39.3±8.1 | 41.1±5.3 | 9.5±2.0 | 10.1±1.8*6 | 34.6±8.8 | 36.9±8.4*9 |
| Quadriceps tendon | 800.5±62.3 | 802.6±59.6 | 13.2±2.3 | 13.3±2.1 | 47.6±8.8 | 52.6±7.3*2 | 18.9±6.2 | 17.3±2.1 | 10.5±2.8 | 10.7±2.8 |
| Patellar Tendon | 646.6±53.1 | 641.6±54.7 | 9.9±1.6 | 9.9±1.5 | 43.5±8.7 | 46.3±6.1 | 23.7±9.3 | 20.2±2.7 | 5.8±2.3 | 5.7±2.3 |
| ACL | 942.6±138.6 | 922.3±119.1 | 25.5±4.2 | 25.8±3.9 | 47.1±6.6 | 48.4±6.5*3 | 13.7±2.2 | 14.1±2.2 | 16.4±4.0 | 16.3±4.1 |
| PCL | 838.6±57.6 | 839.4±54.0 | 17.2±3.2 | 17.4±3.0 | 53.8±5.9 | 55.6±5.3*4 | 16.1±3.6 | 17.1±1.8 | 9.2±1.5 | 8.8±1.6 |
| Muscle | 1389.9±71.2 | 1385.0±69.9 | 43.3±2.9 | 43.3±2.9 | 47.1±2.0 | 47.3±2.0 | 7.7±0.6 | 7.8±0.6 | 31.2±3.4 | 31.1±3.5 |
p=0.026;
p=0.000;
p=0.035;
p=0.010;
p=0.029;
p=0.007;
p=0.007;
p=0.004;
p=0.006.