Table 2. Mean apparent diffusion coefficient (10−3 mm2 s−1) values, standard deviation and range of the different organs calculated using the volume of interest method.
Organ | Visit 1 |
Visit 2 |
p-value | ||||
ADC | SD | Range | ADC | SD | Range | ||
Liver | 1.05 | 0.04 | 0.95–1.09 | 1.06 | 0.07 | 0.96–1.18 | 0.56 |
Kidney | 1.76 | 0.08 | 1.65–1.91 | 1.76 | 0.10 | 1.63–1.93 | 0.85 |
Spleen | 0.81 | 0.06 | 0.72–0.91 | 0.82 | 0.07 | 0.70–0.91 | 0.86 |
Gallbladder | 2.93 | 0.20 | 2.65–3.36 | 2.91 | 0.21 | 2.60–3.39 | 0.67 |
ADC, apparent diffusion coefficient; SD, standard deviation.
No significant difference was found between visits for any of the organs (p-value for a two-tailed matched-pair t-test).