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Table 7 Comparison between different MRI sequences (T2, Flair and DIR) among studied 40 MS patients versus controls as regarding detection rate of cortical grey matter lesions

From: Diagnostic accuracy of double inversion recovery (DIR) in detection of cortical gray matter lesions in patients with MS

Variable

DIR

Flair

T2

Control

P value versus Control

DIR

FLAIR

T2

Cortical grey matter lesions

No

16(40%)

20(50%)

31(77.5%)

20(100%)

 < 0.001*

 < 0.001*

0.023*

Yes

24(60%)

20(50%)

9(22.5%)

0(0%)

   
  1. Significant level at P value < 0.0