Table 2 Contrast ratios of specimens stored in 4% PFA for different amounts of weeks
From: Ultra-high-field MRI of postmortem human fetal wrist joints: initial experience
Specimen number | Weeks in PFA | CCB | TFC | PQM | Ratios | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Area (mm2) | Mean | SD | Area (mm2) | Mean | SD | Area (mm2) | CCB/TFC | CCB/PQM | ||
1 | 8 | 35,352.5 | 404.3 | 1.0 | 31,418.5 | 1,232.9 | 0.3 | 28,514.2 | 1,342.7 | 2.2 | 0.06 | 0.11 |
2 | 24 | 1,690.6 | 28.3 | 0.8 | 1,791.4 | 48.8 | 0.3 | 1,369.2 | 79.9 | 1.3 | -0.03 | 0.11 |
3 | 33 | 1,541.2 | 28.9 | 1.3 | 1,821.3 | 67.9 | 0.3 | 1,848.5 | 64.0 | 2.1 | -0.08 | -0.09 |
4 | 60 | 1,378.0 | 30.0 | 1.6 | 1,586.6 | 48.9 | 0.9 | 1,730.2 | 32.4 | 4.4 | -0.07 | -0.11 |
5 | 82 | 1,535.4 | 63.7 | 1.0 | 2,024.3 | 73.6 | 0.5 | 1,958.2 | 67.7 | 3.4 | -0.14 | -0.12 |