Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 4 Comparison of US, MRI, DWI, combined MRI and DWI results according to laparoscopy findings

From: Diffusion‐weighted imaging and conventional magnetic resonance imaging for detection of non-palpable undescended testis

	Laparoscopy				P
	Absent (n = 12)		Detected (n = 56)
	N	%	N	%
US					.0003
Absent	8	66.67	16	28.57
Detected	4	33.3	40	71.42
MRI					.001
Absent	12	100	8	14.28
Detected	0	0	48	85.71
DWI					.0001
Absent	10	83.3	10	17.9
Detected	2	16.7	46	82.1
DWI and MRI					.000
Absent	12	100	4	7.1
Detected	0	0	52	92.9

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