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Figure 3: Ranksum test on T1, T2 and DWI (b50, b1000) voxels values in patient from group A and B.
Table 2: Median and quartile of lesion (L) and healthy bone marrow (H) pixel values of the different techniques.
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T1 397 287 470 517 412 596
T2 28.3 20.8 34.4 40.2 35.3 48.3
DWIb50 49.2 30.3 68.2 14.1 10.5 15.4
DWIb1000 23.7 13.5 36.2 7.31 5.36 8.49
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