Table 1 Brain areas showing significantly increased quantitative anisotropy (QA) values with high-dielectric pad compared to those without it
From: Benefits of high-dielectric pad for neuroimaging study in 7-Tesla MRI
Regions | Pad | p-Value | No. fiber tracks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Without | With | |||
Whole brain | 0.36 ± 0.19 | 0.56 ± 0.26 | 0.003** | 6690 |
Corticospinal tract (CST) | 0.15 ± 0.07 | 0.27 ± 0.21 | 0.150 | 2997 |
Frontopontine tract (FPT) | 0.23 ± 0.16 | 0.40 ± 0.25 | 0.184 | 1863 |
Splenium of the corpus callosum (SCC) | 0.49 ± 0.26 | 0.76 ± 0.32 | 0.088 | 815 |
Fornix (FX) | 0.37 ± 0.20 | 0.64 ± 0.20 | 0.035* | 517 |
Inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus (IFOF) | 0.35 ± 0.18 | 0.55 ± 0.25 | 0.044* | 240 |
Cerebellum (CB) | 0.14 ± 0.06 | 0.22 ± 0.13 | 0.111 | 121 |
Middle cerebellar peduncle (MCP) | 0.19 ± 0.11 | 0.33 ± 0.24 | 0.170 | 105 |
Body of the corpus callosum (BCC) | 0.52 ± 0.25 | 0.56 ± 0.25 | 0.656 | 32 |