Fig. 5

Difference between injured and healthy contralateral muscle (Δ) as a measure of sensitivity for the diffusion tensor eigenvalues λ₁ and λ₃ for both, standard acquisition (a) and MB-accelerated scans (b). Data is shown for the high b-value accelerated fitting method as well as for the IVIM-corrected standard fit. Blue and black solid circles indicate group mean ± standard deviation, whereas the grey lines are the data of individual athletes. λ₁, λ₃, diffusion tensor eigenvalues; IVIM, Intravoxel incoherent motion; MB, Multiband