Table 1.

Correlations between diffusion-weighted imaging and histopathological results in 22 tumor models

	Volume		Necrotic fraction		Microvessel density		Standard deviation
	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p
Dt	-0.121	0.593	0.484	0.022	-0.313	0.156	-0.538	0.010
Dp	-0.207	0.356	-0.383	0.078	0.277	0.213	0.421	0.051
f	-0.047	0.836	-0.315	0.153	0.679	0.001	0.411	0.057
MD	0.054	0.812	0.335	0.128	-0.508	0.016	-0.586	0.004
MK	0.105	0.643	-0.299	0.176	0.630	0.002	0.677	0.001
DDC	0.124	0.584	0.302	0.173	-0.475	0.026	-0.581	0.005
α	-0.263	0.238	0.229	0.305	-0.590	0.004	-0.696	< 0.001
D	-0.231	0.301	0.117	0.603	-0.468	0.028	-0.239	0.284
β	-0.160	0.476	0.392	0.071	-0.629	0.002	-0.639	0.001
µ	-0.345	0.116	0.424	0.049	-0.137	0.542	-0.418	0.053

Significant results reported in bold characters. DDC Distributed diffusion coefficient, MD Mean diffusivity, MK Mean kurtosis