Table 1.
Comparison of apparent diffusion coefficient values between different solid pancreatic neoplasms
| Ref. | No. of patients | Field strength (T) | b-values (s/mm2) | Mean ± SD ADC values (× 10-3 mm2/s) | P value |
| Yao et al[18] | 30 PDACs | 3 | 0, 600 | 1.57 ± 0.26 | < 0.001 |
| 12 SPTs | 1.05 ± 0.35 | ||||
| 15 PanNETs | 1.62 ± 0.41 | ||||
| Barral et al[19] | 18 malignant1 | 1.5 | 0, 400, 800 | 1.1502 | < 0.05 |
| 10 benign | 2.4932 | ||||
| Lee et al[33] | 47 PDACs | 1.5 | 0, 500, 1000 | 1.23 ± 0.18 | NS |
| 6 SPTs | 1.16 ± 0.36 | ||||
| 5 PanNETs | 1.30 ± 0.41 |
1
Including 13 PDACs;
2
Median. T: Tesla; ADC: Apparent diffusion coefficient; PDAC: Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma; SPT: Solid pseudopapillary tumor; PanNET: Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor; NS: Not statistically significant.