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Table 4 Contrast ratios of specimens prior and after staining with Lugol’s solution

From: Ultra-high-field MRI of postmortem human fetal wrist joints: initial experience

Specimen number

Lugol staining

CCB

TFC

PQM

Ratios

Mean

SD

Area (mm2)

Mean

SD

Area (mm2)

Mean

SD

Area (mm2)

CCB/TFC

CCB/PQM

7

No

1,779.0

50.3

1.3

2,088.1

100.5

0.7

1,811.4

49.3

2.3

-0.07

0.00

7a

2 weeks

1,211.6

34.5

1.0

1,158.6

66.1

0.6

1,079.7

61.4

1.9

0.02

0.06

1

4 weeks

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

  1. CCB Chondrified carpal bone, PFA Paraformaldehyde, PQM Pronator quadrate muscle, SD Standard deviation, TFC Triangular fibrocartilage
  2. aSecond magnetic resonance image of specimen 7, performed after staining with Lugol’s solution
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