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Table 3 Comparison of Image Contrast based on regions among DIR, FLAIR, and T2WI

From: Lesion load assessment among multiple sclerosis patient using DIR, FLAIR, and T2WI sequences

Regions

DIR

FLAIR

T2WI

R2

p value

Mean (median)

SD

(IQR)

Mean (median)

SD

(IQR)

Mean (median)

SD

(IQR)

Infratentorial

0.58(0.56) a

0.16(0.24)

0.16(0.17) c

0.16(0.09)

0.2(0.26) b

0.26(0.12)

120.114*

< 0.001

Juxtacortical

0.68(0.71) a

0.21(0.12)

0.23(0.23) c

0.06(0.1)

0.31(0.32) b

0.12(0.16)

128.878*

< 0.001

Subcortical

0.68(0.69) a

0.14(0.15)

0.28(0.26) c

0.12(0.11)

0.38(0.37) b

0.14(0.18)

152.271*

< 0.001

Periventricular

0.73(0.72) a

0.08(0.1)

0.3(0.31) c

0.15(0.11)

0.42(0.41) b

0.11(0.18)

167.558*

< 0.001

CSF

0.87(0.89) b

0.07(0.1)

0.92(0.92) a

0.04(0.07)

-0.33(-0.36) c

0.13(0.18)

155.881*

< 0.001

NAGM

0.19(0.2) a

0.13(0.18)

0.12(0.13) b

0.1(0.1)

0.18(0.19)a

0.16(0.24)

22.041*

< 0.001

NAGM/NAWM

0.58(0.59) a

0.13(0.16)

0.15(0.14) c

0.11(0.10)

0.24(0.23) b

0.08(0.09)

156.545*

< 0.001

  1. *Significant at 0.05 level median with different letter are significantly different