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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 18.
Published in final edited form as: J Magn Reson Imaging. 2011 Jun;33(6):1517–1525. doi: 10.1002/jmri.22556

Table 4.

Mean ADC, f and D in the cortex and medulla for both left and right kidneys measured using single-shot DW-SE-EPI, DW-SPLICE, targeted-DW-SE-EPI and targeted-DW-SPLICE sequences

ADC (×10−3 mm2/s)* f* D (×10−3 mm2/s)*
Cortex Medulla Cortex Medulla Cortex Medulla
Left Single-shot
DW-SE-EPI
2.37±0.13 2.18±0.08 0.18±0.02 0.16±0.05 2.03±0.24 1.88±0.18

Targeted-SE-EPI 2.32±0.10 2.14±0.09 0.18±0.03 0.16±0.03 1.95±0.22 1.84±0.24

Targeted-DW-SPLICE 2.33±0.13 2.13±0.10 0.19±0.02 0.17±0.02 1.85±0.22 1.77±0.21

Right Single-shot
DW-SE-EPI
2.36±0.13 2.15±0.11 0.20±0.03 0.17±0.03 1.96±0.16 1.85±0.16

Targeted-SE-EPI 2.29±0.13 2.10±0.10 0.19±0.03 0.16±0.03 1.96±0.16 1.77±0.06

Targeted-DW-SPLICE 2.32±0.13 2.12±0.11 0.20±0.03 0.18±0.03 1.88±0.12 1.78±0.08
*

Data are mean ± standard deviations.