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Table 2 Performance of 3D sequences in detecting cartilage defects

From: Morphological MR imaging of the articular cartilage of the knee at 3 T—comparison of standard and novel 3D sequences

Sequence	Sensitivity	SE^*	Specificity	SE*	Accuracy	SE*
FLASH	0.80 (32/40)	0.09	0.98 (195/200)	0.01	0.95 (227/240)	0.02
DESS	0.68 (27/40)	0.13	0.99 (198/200)	0.01	0.94 (225/240)	0.03
TruFISP	0.55 (22/40)	0.13	0.97 (194/200)	0.02	0.90 (216/240)	0.03
SPACE	0.98 (39/40)	0.03	0.96 (192/200)	0.02	0.96 (231/240)	0.01
UTE	0.20 (8/40)	0.08	0.99 (198/200)	0.01	0.86 (206/240)	0.04

*SE = standard error
Note: Data are given for all articular surfaces, all grades of cartilage lesion severity, and both readers combined

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