Table 3. Comparison of mean values of DCE parameters in pre- and post-treatment VS and Meningiomas.
b Compare Drug-Induced Changes of Mean in Two Tumors Wilcoxon Rank-sum Test | ||||
Tumor type | a DCE- MRI Para-meters. | Day 0 | Day 3 | Day 90 |
VS | MSE | 86.7±20.2 | 63.6±14.0 * | 54.4±19.7 * |
MSErel | 1.04±0.19 | 0.77±0.17 * | 0.65±0.23 ** | |
ΣMSE | 62.6±14.5 | 43.7±10.4 * | 36.0±14.0 * | |
ΣMSErel | 0.75±0.14 | 0.54±0.13 * | 0.43±0.16 ** | |
Rmse1/mse2 | 1.18±1.18 | 0.68±0.01 | 0.64±0.06 | |
Rmse1/mse2(DN) | 0.73±0.10 | 0.62±0.05 * | 0.62±0.04 * | |
R 1 | 0.88±0.03 | 0.88±0.05 | 0.86±0.08 | |
K trans | 0.12±0.01 | 0.09±0.01 ** | 0.09±0.03 * | |
v p | 0.05±0.02 | 0.03±0.01 * | 0.03±0.01 * | |
v e | 0.54±0.07 | 0.59±0.13 | 0.59±0.07 | |
k ep | 0.22±0.04 | 0.16±0.03 ** | 0.15±0.04 ** | |
Meningi-omas | Rmse1/mse2 | 1.00±0.08 | 4.91±38.2 | 0.85±0.04 ** |
Rmse1/mse2(DN) | 0.98±0.06 | 0.93±0.09 | 0.84±0.03 ** |
MSE, ΣMSE are in arbitrary unit, MSErel, ΣMSErel and Rmse1/mse2, k ep are ratios. K trans is in minute−1.
Comparison of differences in DCE-MRI parameters between pre- and post-treatment in each group of tumors, i.e. VS (N = 7) and meningiomas (N = 5) for each pair of visits (Day 0 and day 3, day 0 and day 90).
*p<0.05,
**p<0.01.