Quantitative intraneural T2app values of the sciatic nerve at every angle orientation (DE-TSE sequence) and CNR values of the sciatic nerve at the angle positions 0°, 40°, and 55° (T2-TIRM sequence) averaged over 25 subjects
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| 0° | 30° | 35° | 40° | 45° | 50° | 55° | |
| T2app (ms) sROI | 72.3 ± 2.5 | 78.8 ± 2.3 | 85.6 ± 2.7 | 90.1 ± 2.7 | 92.7 ± 2.7 | 101.8 ± 3.6 | 105.1 ± 3.4 |
| T2app (ms) lROI | 74.5 ± 2.7 | 80.8 ± 2.8 | 86.6 ± 2.8 | 91.6 ± 2.9 | 94.1 ± 3.1 | 101.4 ± 3.5 | 104.0 ± 3.4 |
| T2app (%) | – | +9.06% | +19.67% | +26.06% | +28.55% | +39.5% | +44.26% |
| CNR sROI | 6.6 ± 0.9 | – | – | 14.5 ± 1.9 | – | – | 22.2 ± 2.7 |
| CNR lROI | 6.5 ± 0.8 | – | – | 12.8 ± 1.8 | – | – | 18.9 ± 1.7 |