Table 4.
Group comparison of ADC and histogram parameters of thyroid carcinomas with (N1/2, n = 10 patients) and without lymphatic metastatic dissemination (N0, n = 5 patients).
| ADC Parameters and Histogram Values | N0 Mean ± SD | N1/2 Mean ± SD | Group Comparison: p-Values | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADCmean, ×10−5 mm2·s−1 | 125.25 | 34.1 | 111.41 | 25.00 | 0.513 |
| ADCmin, ×10−5 mm2·s−1 | 28.26 | 17.30 | 14.02 | 16.90 | 0.075 |
| ADCmax, ×10−5 mm2·s−1 | 238.44 | 69.40 | 259.43 | 38.50 | 0.768 |
| P10 ADC, ×10−5 mm2·s−1 | 82.15 | 26.17 | 69.14 | 23.50 | 0.371 |
| P25 ADC, ×10−5 mm2·s−1 | 102.25 | 30.00 | 89.19 | 23.30 | 0.440 |
| P75 ADC, ×10−5 mm2·s−1 | 147.26 | 39.14 | 131.75 | 26.43 | 0.440 |
| P90 ADC, ×10−5 mm2·s−1 | 170.69 | 44.15 | 156.55 | 28.50 | 0.440 |
| Median ADC, ×10−5 mm2·s−1 | 124.14 | 34.86 | 109.19 | 25.50 | 0.513 |
| Mode ADC, ×10−5 mm2·s−1 | 112.32 | 25.56 | 101.39 | 27.50 | 0.594 |
| Kurtosis | 3.23 | 0.29 | 3.81 | 0.57 | 0.028 |
| Skewness | −0.12 | 0.64 | 0.41 | 0.21 | 0.031 |
| Entropy | 3.56 | 0.66 | 3.5 | 0.71 | 0.768 |