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Table 2 Comparison of DWI-MRI parameters according to type of lesion

From: Value of diffusion‐weighted MRI and lesion‐to‐spinal cord signal intensity ratio in pulmonary lesion characterization

 

Type of lesion

 

Benign

Malignant

P value

Size in DWI

4.16 ± 1.57

2 -8

5.39 ± 2.45

1.2 -9

0.142

ADC mean

1.88 ± 0.51

0.7 -2.6

1.31 ± 0.28

0.69 -1.7

0.001

ADC min value

1.45 ± 0.5

0.52 -2.43

0.99 ± 0.26

0.45 -1.34

0.004

SI lesion

433.402 ± 231.063

0.61 -842.55

1431.12 ± 1518.151

378.83 -6405.08

0.0001

LSR

1.18 ± 0.59

0.51 -2.9

1.6 ± 0.36

0.32 -2.5

0.004

T2 SI Ratio

3.28 ± 1.13

1.93 -5

2.9 ± 0.88

1.89 -4.73

0.377

STIR SI Ratio

3.42 ± 0.98

1.7 -5.6

3.37 ± 0.78

2.3 -5.2

0.589

T1 SI ratio

0.99 ± 0.41

0.34 -1.8

0.89 ± 0.33

0.49 -1.79

0.394