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. 2016 Nov 28;8(11):857–867. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v8.i11.857

Table 3.

Characteristic differentiation of liver tumors

Tesla b-value ADC (×10-3 mm2)
Benign
Malignant
Cyst Hemangioma All HCC Mets All
Goshima et al[104] 1.5 0, 100, 200, 400, 800 3.70 ± 0.9 1.23 ± 0.2 1.08 ± 0.3 0.99 ± 0.5
Battal et al[105] 1.5 0, 800 1.94 ± 0.61 0.86 ± 0.13
Gurtosoyianni et al[106] 1.5 0, 50, 500, 1000 2.55 1.9 2.55 1.38 0.99 1.04
Testa et al[71] 1.5 0, 600 2.4 1
Miller et al[73] 1.5 0, 500 3.40 ± 0.48 2.26 ± 0.70 2.50 ± 0.86 1.54 ± 0.44 1.50 ± 0.65 1.52 ± 0.55
Namimoto et al[107] 1.5 30, 1200 3.05 1.95 0.99 1.15 1.04
Kim et al[108] 1.5 3, 57, 192, 408, 517, 705, 846 2.91 ± 1.51 2.04 ± 1.01 2.49 ± 1.39 0.97 ± 0.31 1.06 ± 0.50 1.01 ± 0.38
Taouli et al[67] 1.5 0, 500 3.63 ± 0.56 2.95 ± 0.67 1.33 ± 0.13 0.94 ± 0.60
Cieszanowsk et al[109] 1.5 50, 400, 800 2.45 1,55 1.86 0.94 1.05 1.07
Bruegel et al[72] 1.5 50, 300, 600 3.02 ± 0.31 1.92 ± 0.34 1.05 ± 0.09 1.22 ± 0.31
Kandpal et al[13] 1.5 0, 500 2.90 ± 0.51 2.36 ± 0.48 1.27 ± 0.42 1.13 ± 0.41
Demir et al[110] 1.5 0, 1000 3.05 ± 0.26 2.46 ± 0.21 2.57 ± 0.26 0.90 ± 0.10 0.79 ± 0.11 0.86 ± 0.11
Oner et al[111] 1.5 0, 500 2.34 ± 0.36 1.72 ± 0.30 1.03 ± 0.24
Holzapfel et al[112] 1.5 50, 300, 600 2.61 ± 0.57 1.69 ± 0.34 2.36 ± 0.62 1.12 ± 0.28 1.08 ± 0.32 1.09 ± 0.30

ADC: Apparent diffusion coefficient; HCC: Hepatocellular carcinoma.