Visualisation of cakes differing in oil content with magnetic resonance imaging

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Table 1. Physical characteristics and relaxation times of cakes containing different formulations.

Cake formulations	Moisture content (%) (wb)	Firmness (N)	Transverse relaxation time (T2a)	Transverse relaxation time (T2b)	Longtidinal relaxation time (T1)
Control	24.01 ± 0.93^bc	35.96 ± 1.07^b	75.31 ± 7.15^b	24.92 ± 4.69^a	146.98 ± 12.32^c
High oil cake (HOC)	26.45 ± 0.76^a	5.18 ± 1.20^c	90.00 ± 7.49^a	25.53 ± 4.84^a	203.21 ± 15.94^a
Low oil cake (LOC)	23.10 ± 0.37^bc	42.74 ± 2.68^a	59.07 ± 5.42^d	17.10 ± 1.23^c	140.19 ± 12.47^c
Peanut cake	25.27 ± 0.57^ab	34.87 ± 1.74^b	72.68 ± 2.50^bc	24.07 ± 2.34^ab	161.65 ± 10.01^b
Raisin cake	22.14 ± 0.66^c	34.74 ± 1.46^b	63.36 ± 8.55^cd	18.74 ± 0.59^bc	165.80 ± 10.62^b

Means within a column followed by different superscripts are significantly different (p < 0.05).

Figure 1. Proton density weighted SE images of cakes with different formulations. (a) Cakes with different oil content. Top: High oil cake, middle: Low oil cake, bottom: Control cake. (b) Cakes with peanut/raisin. Top: Control cake, middle: Raisin cake, bottom: Peanut cake. *Cakes in the same row are replicates.

Figure 2. Sagittal MR images of cakes (TR = 1000, TE = 12 ms) showing slice positions of coronal images. Slice 1 to 5 descending from top to middle.

Figure 3. Fat suppression SE images of cakes with different formulations. (a) Cakes with different oil content. Top: High oil cake, middle: Low oil cake, bottom: Control cake. (b) Cakes with peanut/raisin. Top: Control cake, middle: Raisin cake, bottom: Peanut cake. *Cakes in the same row are replicates.

Figure 4. Water suppression SE images of cakes with different formulations. (a) Cakes with different oil content. Top: High oil cake, middle: Low oil cake, bottom: Control cake. (b) Cakes with peanut/raisin. Top: Control cake, middle: Raisin cake, bottom: Peanut cake. *Cakes in the same row are replicates.

Figure 5. SE images of cakes with peanut/raisin. Top: Control cake, middle: Raisin cake, bottom: Peanut cake. Fat suppression SE images (left), water suppression SE images (middle), proton density weighted SE images (right). *Cakes in the same row are replicates.