Table 2.
Differences between volumes of the of dominant intraprostatic tumour lesion derived from each sequence for each observer and volumes derived from whole-mount prostatectomy specimens
Observer | T2W vs histology % and absolute (cm3) difference | DWI vs histology % and absolute (cm3) difference | DCE vs histology % and absolute (cm3) difference | Average of 3 sequences vs histology % and absolute (cm3) difference |
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Observer 1 Mean ± SD |
33.2 ± 76.3% 0.38 ± 0.53 cm3 |
2.5 ± 57.8% 0.0 ± 0.58 cm3 |
−31.6 ± 97.8% −0.78 ± 0.91 cm3 |
−7.5 ± 49.1% −0.13 ± 0.44 cm3 |
Observer 2 Mean ± SD |
16.4 ± 67.5% 0.07 ± 0.57 cm3 |
−26.1 ± 36.4% −0.33 ± 0.48 cm3 |
−79.3 ± 28.3% −0.98 ± 0.98 cm3 |
−29.7 ± 35.6% −0.41 ± 0.56 cm3 |
T2W, T2 weighted; DCE, dynamic contrast-enhanced; DWI, diffusion-weighted imaging; SD, standard deviation.