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. 2016 Aug;6(4):374–380. doi: 10.21037/qims.2016.07.06

Table 2. Summary of measured ADCmean by magnetic field strength and breast histopathology.

Lesion status Field strength N [%] ADCmean ×10–3 mm2/s (standard deviation) P value
b =1,000 b =1,500
Benign lesion All 18 [100] 1.46 (0.30) 1.31 (0.29) <0.0001
1.5 T 12 [67] 1.43 (0.35) 1.27 (0.33) 0.0023
3 T 6 [33] 1.53 (0.16) 1.39 (0.17) 0.0030
Malignant lesion All 33 [100] 0.96 (0.24) 0.85 (0.23) <0.0001
1.5 T 24 [70] 0.94 (0.25) 0.82 (0.23) <0.0001
3 T 9 [30] 1.00 (0.25) 0.92 (0.25) 0.0099
Normal breast All 126 [100] 1.50 (0.21) 1.33 (0.19) <0.0001
1.5 T 86 [68] 1.49 (0.22) 1.31 (0.20) <0.0001
3 T 40 [32] 1.54 (0.18) 1.37 (0.15) <0.0001

ADC, apparent diffusion coefficients.