Anatomical region | 3D DIR | FLAIR | % improvement | Z | p value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cortical type I | 293 | 158 | 185 | − 6.885 | < 0.001* |
Cortical type II | 356 | 152 | 234 | − 6.767 | < 0.001* |
Cortical type III | 31 | 12 | 258 | − 3.578 | < 0.001* |
Cortical type IV | 73 | 48 | 152 | − 3.917 | < 0.001* |
Overall cortical types | 753 | 370 | 204 | − 7.612 | < 0.001* |
Juxtacortical | 306 | 257 | 119 | − 2.570 | 0.010* |
Juxtacortical Expanded | 1059 | 627 | 169 | − 7.562 | < 0.001* |
Periventricular WM | 925 | 804 | 115 | − 4.311 | < 0.001* |
Deep WM | 1100 | 1072 | 103 | − 0.947 | 0.344 |
Subcortical WM | 348 | 311 | 112 | − 2.074 | 0.038* |
Infratentorial | 282 | 215 | 131 | − 5.446 | < 0.001* |
Deep gray matter | 145 | 128 | 113 | − 1.627 | 0.104 |
Overall MS burden | 3859 | 3157 | 122 | − 7.659 | < 0.001* |