Table 1. Quantitative comparisons of perfusion parameters among abscesses, glioblastomas and metastases.
Region | Parameter | Abscess | GB | Mets | Abscess vs. GB | Abscess vs. Mets | GB vs. Mets |
Enhancing rim | K2 | 1.33±1.29 | 0.92±0.79 | 1.22±1.45 | 0.508 | 0.968 | 0.706 |
CBV | 1.45±1.17 | 3.85±2.19 | 2.39±0.90 | 0.001* | 0.030* | 0.034* | |
Corrected CBV | 1.97±1.01 | 4.39±2.33 | 2.97±0.78 | 0.001* | 0.007* | 0.048* | |
Perifocal edema | K2 | 0.28±0.27 | 0.14±0.16 | 0.11±0.10 | 0.198 | 0.072 | 0.786 |
CBV | 1.04±0.43 | 1.54±1.21 | 0.88±0.33 | 0.242 | 0.432 | 0.082 | |
Corrected CBV | 1.21±0.40 | 1.62±1.24 | 0.90±0.35 | 0.380 | 0.053 | 0.063 |
Note. – Data are mean ± standard deviation; CBV and corrected CBV are in ratios to corresponding NAWM, GB, glioblastomas; Mets, metastasis; *p<0.05.