Random (mean (SD)) and systematic differences (with significance levels) in quantitative knee cartilage morphology variables between coronal MPR DESSwe and coronal FLASHwe
| tAB | cAB | AC | VC | VCtAB | ThCtAB | ThCcAB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| For abbreviations see footnotes to tables 1 and 2; systematic pairwise difference between cor MPR DESSwe and cor FLASHwe significant at *p<0.05; **p<0.01; and ***p<0.001. | |||||||
| Medial tibia | |||||||
| Random difference (%) | 1.9 (1.8) | 2.3 (2.3) | 2.5 (2.3) | 4.5 (3.6) | 3.9 (3.3) | 4.4 (3.5) | 4.1 (2.8) |
| Systematic difference (%) | −0.4% | −0.8% | −1.0% | −4.0%*** | −3.6%*** | −4.1%*** | −3.8%*** |
| Correlation | 0.99 | 0.99 | 0.99 | 0.99 | 0.97 | 0.96 | 0.97 |
| Lateral tibia | |||||||
| Random difference (%) | 4.9 (3.9) | 4.8 (4.2) | 5.2 (3.9) | 9.0 (3.0) | 4.8 (3.2) | 4.7 (2.8) | 4.5 (2.6) |
| Systematic difference (%) | 4.5*** | 4.8*** | 5.2*** | 9.0*** | 4.6*** | 4.4*** | 4.1*** |
| Correlation | 0.98 | 0.98 | 0.99 | 1.00 | 0.95 | 0.96 | 0.97 |
| Central medial femur | |||||||
| Random difference (%) | 4.9 (3.8) | 5.5 (6.2) | 4.3 (4.5) | 3.9 (4.8) | 5.9 (7.8) | 5.4 (9.1) | 3.4 (2.6) |
| Systematic difference (%) | −4.0** | −2.4** | −1.6 | 0.9 | 5.2** | 4.6** | 2.9*** |
| Correlation | 0.95 | 0.98 | 0.98 | 0.99 | 0.99 | 0.99 | 0.99 |
| Central lateral femur | |||||||
| Random difference (%) | 3.6 (2.8) | 3.9 (3.9) | 3.5 (2.5) | 6.4 (4.8) | 5.0 (6.4) | 5.6 (8.3) | 4.0 (3.4) |
| Systematic difference (%) | −1.7 | −0.2 | −1.2 | −2.3* | −0.5 | −0.3 | −1.8 |
| Correlation | 0.97 | 0.97 | 0.97 | 0.97 | 0.91 | 0.88 | 0.96 |