Table 5.
Trabecular bone structure parameters and correlation coefficients (R) of micro-CT and MDCT images.
n = 50 | Micro-CT | MDCT | p-Value † | Correlation Coefficient of MDCT and Micro-CT Images (R) |
p-Value ‡ |
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BV/TV | 0.180 ± 0.016 | 0.320 ± 0.067 | <0.001 | 0.514 | <0.001 |
Tb.Th (mm) | 0.220 ± 0.012 | 0.680 ± 0.079 | <0.001 | 0.445 | <0.001 |
Tb.Sp (mm) | 0.934 ± 0.126 | 0.870 ± 0.140 | <0.001 | 0.539 | <0.001 |
† Paired Student’s t-test for comparing trabecular bone structure parameters of micro-CT and MDCT images. ‡ Pearson’s correlation coefficient for verifying the correlation of trabecular bone structure parameters between micro-CT and MDCT images.