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Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 5 Role of MRE and DWI for differentiating benign and malignant FLLs

From: Comparison of magnetic resonance elastography and diffusion-weighted imaging for differentiating benign and malignant liver lesions

 

Cutoff

Sensitivity

Specificity

PPV

NPV

AUC

p value

MRE

 > 4.23

96.7%

93.1%

96.7%

93.1%

0.991

 < 0.001 *

DWI

 ≤ 1.43

85.2%

89.7%

94.5%

74.3%

0.894

 < 0.001 *

  1. *Significant predictive value
  2. PPV: positive predictive value, NPV: negative predictive value, AUC: area under the curve, MRE: magnetic resonance elastography, DWI: diffusion-weighted imaging
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