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Table 3 Comparison of texture parameters according to the degree of temporomandibular joint disc displacement

From: Quantitative MRI texture analysis of the lateral pterygoid muscle in unilateral temporomandibular joint disorders

Parameters

median M (P25, P75)

H values

P

 

H-TMJ (n = 232)

ADDwoR (n = 150)

ADDwR (n = 82)

  

ASM

0.000617 (0.0004745, 0.0008405)

0.00070535 (0.000523, 0.000954275)

0.0006376 (0.00052565, 0.000828775)

6.522

0.038

Contrast

122.670 (107.5, 138.2)

108.158 (91.1, 131.4)

117.803 (97.3, 130.0)

15.449

< 0.001

IDM

0.180 (0.2, 0.2)

0.194 (0.2, 0.2)

0.186 (0.2, 0.2)

7.715

0.021

Entropy

8.145 (8.0, 8.3)

8.040 (7.9, 8.2)

8.098 (8.0, 8.3)

11.662

0.003

  1. ADDwR = anterior disc displacement with reduction; ADDwoR = anterior disc displacement without reduction; H-TMJ = healthy joint of unilateral anterior disc displacement; ASM = angular second moment; IDM = inverse difference moment