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Table 3 Histogram analysis of benign and malignant breast lesions

From: Feasibility study of dual parametric 2D histogram analysis of breast lesions with dynamic contrast-enhanced and diffusion-weighted MRI

 

Benign

Malignant

P value

No. of lesions

44

72

 

Ktrans (min−1)

 Mean

0.34 ± 0.32

0.61 ± 0.29

< 0.001

 10th percentile

0.04 ± 0.10

0.04 ± 0.07

0.694

 Median

0.22 ± 0.28

0.38 ± 0.30

0.003

 90th percentile

0.79 ± 0.66

1.54 ± 0.78

< 0.001

 Skewness

2.66 ± 3.48

1.61 ± 0.76

0.124

 Kurtosis

30.46 ± 31.53

7.04 ± 6.24

0.028

ADC (10−3 mm2/s)

 Mean

1.26 ± 0.29

1.12 ± 0.24

0.013

 10th percentile

0.67 ± 0.29

0.51 ± 0.22

0.024

 Median

1.26 ± 0.30

1.10 ± 0.25

0.006

 90th percentile

1.79 ± 0.42

1.87 ± 0.43

0.314

 Skewness

− 0.01 ± 0.54

0.33 ± 0.45

0.011

 Kurtosis

3.64 ± 1.14

3.17 ± 0.82

0.064

Ktrans-ADC

 Skewness

10.14 ± 6.12

5.54 ± 1.84

< 0.001

 Kurtosis

165.59 ± 225.37

43.96 ± 28.85

< 0.001

  1. Data are reported as the values of parameters (mean ± standard deviation)