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. 2015 Feb 7;13:32. doi: 10.1186/s12957-014-0431-3

Table 3.

Effect of b value on ADC value difference between large- and small-scale regions of interest for MRI-detectable breast diseases ( n= 49)

b value (s/mm 2 ) Mean ADC difference Standard deviation 95% confidence interval P -value
400 0.07 0.15 0.03 to 0.12 0.001
600 0.07 0.13 0.03 to 0.11 0.001
800 0.05 0.12 0.01 to 0.08 0.008

ADC, apparent diffusion coefficient; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging.