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Table 3 Asymmetry indices of MRI Parameter value

From: Early detection of secondary damage in ipsilateral thalamus after acute infarction at unilateral corona radiata by diffusion tensor imaging and magnetic resonance spectroscopy

 

Patients

Controls

 

W1

W4

W12

 

MD

1.013 ± 0.046

0.991 ± 0.036

1.098 ± 0.076abc

1.005 ± 0.016

FA

0.958 ± 0.115

0.914 ± 0.148c

0.915 ± 0.207

1.019 ± 0.049

NAA

0.961 ± 0.069

0.850 ± 0.142ac

0.678 ± 0.085abc

1.012 ± 0.087

Cho

0.935 ± 0.123

1.016 ± 0.295

0.951 ± 0.178

0.975 ± 0.064

Cr

0.979 ± 0.067

0.960 ± 0.190

0.932 ± 0.149

0.988 ± 0.038

  1. MD: mean diffusivity; FA: fractional anisotropy; NAA: N-acetylaspartate; Cho: choline; Cr: creatine; W1: the first week; W4: the fourth week; W12: the twelfth week.
  2. Asymmetry indices: thalamic ipsilateral/contralateral MRI Parameter value in patients and right/left MRI Parameter value in controls.
  3. a P< 0.05, Tukey test, compared to W1; b P< 0.05, Tukey test, compared to W4; c P< 0.05, Student's t test, compared to the control group.
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