Precision (RMS CV%) for repeated measurements of quantitative knee cartilage morphology for sagittal DESSwe and intersubject variation across the 19 volunteers
| tAB | cAB | AC | VC | VCtAB | ThCtAB | ThCcAB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbreviations given in the footnotes to tables 1 and 2; precision error of sagittal DESSwe significantly different from that of cor FLASHwe at **p<0.01. | |||||||
| Precision (RMS CV%) | |||||||
| Medial tibia | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| Lateral tibia | 9.2** | 9.5** | 9.1** | 8.2 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
| Central medial femur | 6.2 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.1 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.2 |
| Central lateral femur | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 5.9 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
| Posterior medial femur | 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 6.2 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 2.8 |
| Posterior lateral femur | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Femoral trochlea | 4.1 | 5.5 | 8.5 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 3.7 |
| Patella | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 7.6 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.5 |
| Intersubject variability (n = 19) | |||||||
| Medial tibia | 15.6 | 16.5 | 15.9 | 26.2 | 15.1 | 15.8 | 14.1 |
| Lateral tibia | 20.8 | 20.1 | 19.5 | 28.3 | 10.5 | 10.8 | 11.8 |
| Central medial femur | 13.4 | 18.8 | 18.7 | 32.2 | 25.2 | 25.6 | 17.8 |
| Central lateral femur | 15.9 | 16.7 | 16.4 | 30.7 | 17.4 | 18.1 | 18.0 |
| Posterior medial femur | 15.5 | 18.3 | 17.8 | 25.4 | 15.0 | 15.4 | 12.0 |
| Posterior lateral femur | 19.5 | 18.8 | 20.5 | 28.4 | 11.8 | 11.0 | 11.8 |
| Femoral trochlea | 19.6 | 22.9 | 22.0 | 28.4 | 18.4 | 19.9 | 14.2 |
| Patella | 14.9 | 26.1 | 25.5 | 38.0 | 35.7 | 36.3 | 22.5 |