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Table 4 Visual and quantitative assessment of T1 hypointense lesions on 7 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging

From: Central intra-lesional iron deposits as a possible novel imaging marker at 7 Tesla MRI in Susac Syndrome - an exploratory study

 

Visual analysis

Quantitative analysis°

 

Number of T1 hypointense lesions

Percentage of total number of T1 hypointense lesions [%]

Mean

Median

Standard deviation

Range

All lesions

85

100

2434.02

2402.27

194.34

2095,8-3256,04

Iron lesions

10

11.76

2433.57

2404.5

234.91

2133–3256,04

Non-iron lesions

75

88.24

2434.08

2402.27

188.49

2095,8-3057,31

Callosal

36

42.35

2489.93

2482.86

214.91

2133–3057,31

Periventricular

8

9.41

2526.51

2555.12

133.48

2271,58-2757,38

Juxtacortical

0

0

-

-

-

-

Other white matter lesions

32

37.65

2395.99

2366.89

182.63

2117,6-3256,04

Cortical

0

0

-

-

-

-

Subcortical

9

10.59

2387.79

2453.07

164.31

2095,8-2611,47

Large lesions*

55

100

2508.93

2486.61

192.83

2168.91–3256.04

Iron lesions

7

12.73

2566.96

2514.93

253.83

2260.62–3256.04

Non-iron lesions

48

87.27

2502.03

2484.67

183.01

2168.91–3057.31

Callosal

18

32.73

2632.81

2655.85

209.28

2190.57–3057.31

Periventricular

6

10.91

2529.3

2534.27

133.85

2271.58–2757.38

Juxtacortical

0

0

-

-

-

-

Other white matter lesions

26

47.27

2462.18

2427.33

175.79

2168.91–3256.04

Cortical

0

0

-

-

-

-

Subcortical

5

9.09

2420.33

2461.26

143.51

2170.39–2611.47

Small lesions*

28

100

2360.23

2316.62

167.81

2095.8–2999.83

Iron lesions

3

10.71

2322.41

2312.9

142.47

2133–2631.37

Non-iron lesions

25

89.29

2365.63

2316.62

170.44

2095.8–2999.83

Callosal

16

57.14

2383.27

2357.71

153.76

2133–2817.31

Periventricular

2

7.14

2519.81

2555.12

132.36

2292.44–2696.26

Juxtacortical

0

0

-

-

-

-

Other white matter lesions

6

21.43

2330.81

2301.7

166.66

2117.6–2999.83

Cortical

0

0

-

-

-

-

Subcortical

4

14.29

2358.87

2299.4

175.83

2095.8–2586.21

  1. ° Quantitative analysis was performed by using T1mean, i.e. mean T1 time for all voxels of the respective lesion
  2. *Large/small lesions were larger or smaller than the median lesion size of 6.69 mm3