From: Variation in cartilage T2 and T2* mapping of the wrist: a comparison between 3- and 7-T MRI
 |  | Controls | Patients | ||||||
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 | Location | 3 T | 7 T | p-value | Correlation | 3 T | 7 T | p-value | Correlation |
T2 | Radius | 43.8 ± 11.6 | 48.8 ± 9.8 | 0.045 | 0.34 | 38.2 ± 11.3 | 49.0 ± 14.1 | 0.002 | 0.45 |
Scaphoid | 43.9 ± 7.9 | 56.3 ± 15.6 | 0.001 | 0.10 | 46.5 ± 9.6 | 53.7 ± 10.2 | 0.01 | 0.03 | |
Lunate (radial) | 34.3 ± 7.3 | 41.9 ± 11.0 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 34.7 ± 5.5 | 40.9 ± 9.6 | 0.01 | 0.45 | |
Lunate (ulnar) | 34.0 ± 5.9 | 42.1 ± 6.4 |  < 0.001 | 0.45 | 35.1 ± 5.6 | 48.2 ± 9.4 |  < 0.001 | 0.58 | |
DRUJ | 32.4 ± 10.5 | 40.6 ± 15.3 | 0.04 | 0.13 | 39.3 ± 18.2 | 45.0 ± 10.9 | 0.08 | 0.36 | |
Capitate/lunate | 44.2 ± 7.2 | 46.3 ± 13.0 | 0.25 | 0.62 | 43.4 ± 6.2 | 51.5 ± 10.2 | 0.001 | 0.41 | |
TFCC CD | 23.5 ± 5.9 | 26.7 ± 10.7 | 0.48 | 0.10 | 24.7 ± 8.5 | 31.2 ± 13.8 | 0.12 | 0.27 | |
TFCC fA | 29.3 ± 8.0 | 31.7 ± 16.8 | 0.38 | 0.26 | 33.3 ± 11.2 | 41.2 ± 26.4 | 0.06 | 0.30 | |
TFCC aA | 26.8 ± 6.0 | 29.0 ± 9.8 | 0.18 | 0.11 | 27.3 ± 4.3 | 32.9 ± 14.9 | 0.04 | 0.24 | |
T2* | Radius | 14.2 ± 1.6 | 8.6 ± 2.1 |  < 0.001 | 0.01 | 14.4 ± 2.5 | 8.5 ± 2.2 |  < 0.001 | 0.19 |
Scaphoid | 17.1 ± 3.2 | 10.3 ± 3.1 |  < 0.001 | 0.21 | 17.6 ± 3.4 | 10.7 ± 3.4 |  < 0.001 | 0.11 | |
Lunate (radial) | 16.3 ± 4.3 | 9.4 ± 2.6 |  < 0.001 | 0.48 | 16.5 ± 3.3 | 11.1 ± 3.4 |  < 0.001 | 0.36 | |
Lunate (ulnar) | 17.8 ± 3.1 | 11.9 ± 3.0 |  < 0.001 | 0.40 | 18.8 ± 4.4 | 12.5 ± 3.5 |  < 0.001 | 0.42 | |
DRUJ | 14.4 ± 2.7 | 11.4 ± 3.4 | 0.001 | 0.36 | 17.9 ± 5.0 | 12.4 ± 4.3 |  < 0.001 | 0.38 | |
Capitate/lunate | 19.7 ± 3.3 | 11.4 ± 3.2 |  < 0.001 | 0.13 | 18.2 ± 3.3 | 11.2 ± 3.3 |  < 0.001 | 0.01 | |
TFCC CD | 10.1 ± 1.2 | 6.4 ± 1.4 |  < 0.001 | 0.28 | 10.9 ± 1.5 | 7.4 ± 2.0 |  < 0.001 | 0.41 | |
TFCC fA | 11.3 ± 2.0 | 6.2 ± 1.9 |  < 0.001 | 0.04 | 12.7 ± 3.0 | 7.7 ± 2.9 |  < 0.001 | 0.03 | |
TFCC aA | 10.5 ± 1.5 | 6.3 ± 2.0 |  < 0.001 | 0.24 | 13.2 ± 3.0 | 7.8 ± 2.7 |  < 0.001 | 0.47 |