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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Magn Reson Imaging. 2017 Apr 3;46(6):1748–1759. doi: 10.1002/jmri.25712

Table 2.

Summary of MR imaging metrics with significant differences in nuclear grades and HER2 amplification of DCIS.

Mean value ± standard deviation Mean value ± standard deviation
Metrics Non-HNG HNG p value HER2− HER2+ p value
Minimum intensity
 Pre 117.2±137.2 152.9±163.3 0.396 155.9±156.7 45.6±52.3 0.039
 4th Post 468±402.8 568.9±423.3 0.338 561.2±417.7 282.5±315.1 0.050
Maximum intensity
 Sub 1st Post 573.0±413.3 629.4±513.2 0.593 648.1±452.6 365.5±330.8 0.048
Mean intensity
 1st Post 618.0±488.9 763.6±529.1 0.423 748.7±520.9 384.1±376.7 0.047
Median intensity
 1st Post 618.5±489.7 752.1±518.1 0.464 747.6±519.8 380.8±374.1 0.047
 Sub 1st Post 261.6±235.5 283.3±254.6 0.905 312.8±257.9 158.4±172.9 0.048
Percentage enhancement (based on Mean intensity)
 1st Post 80.60±35.92 79.72±24.42 0.768 81.54±34.88 74.47±14.03 0.629
 4th Post 130.7±52.8 127.4±26.5 0.550 127.4±45.8 133.1±29.5 0.447
Range
 Sub 1st Post 525.8±355.2 570.2±459.3 0.605 581.3±385.7 327.8±271.7 0.044
Mean deviation
 1st Post 120.2±82.9 147.1±122.6 0.873 142.3±103.8 72.4±71.2 0.028
 Sub 1st Post 86.4±59.2 94.59±88.63 0.539 98.4±70.1 50.2±45.5 0.022
Root mean square
 1st Post 637.0±497.2 786.4±546.3 0.423 771.0±532.6 394.9±386.5 0.047
Standard deviation
 1st Post 147.9±101.5 181.1±145.8 0.900 175.0±124.8 90.2±88.4 0.022
 Sub 1st Post 104.6±70.8 116.4±104.8 0.619 119.4±83.3 63.2±58.6 0.031
Skewness
 Sub 1st Post 0.347±0.500 0.499±0.624 0.240 0.272±0.288 0.496±0.279 0.031
Kurtosis
 Sub 1st Post −0.081±1.448 0.440±2.744 0.121 −0.368±0.600 0.028±0.394 0.016
Variance
 1st Post 31749±34150 53363±77983 0.900 45759±64973 15176±28067 0.022
 Sub 1st Post 15753±18349 24188±40573 0.619 20986±26669 7087±11980 0.031
Surface : Volume ratio
 Pre 2.483±0.606 2.100±0.613 0.027 2.322±0.571 2.299±0.526 0.080
 1st Post 2.482±0.607 2.098±0.614 0.026 2.321±0.571 2.291±0.532 0.080
 4th Post 2.481±0.607 2.098±0.614 0.026 2.321±0.571 2.291±0.532 0.080
 Sub 1st Post 2.643±0.780 2.183±0.608 0.032 2.399±0.607 2.301±0.525 0.085
Homogeneity 1
 Pre 184.4±578.4 121.8±391.8 0.341 130.9±489.6 302.2±667.3 0.047
Homogeneity 2
 Pre 82.0±248.6 63.1±216.2 0.423 57.43±210.5 163.8±370.3 0.038
Inverse variance
 Pre 86.2±260.5 66.0±224.7 0.395 60.68±220.6 170.3±385.1 0.041
Short run emphasis (SRE)
 Pre 0.841±0.117 0.819±0.113 0.528 0.846±0.111 0.750±0.098 0.022
 1st Post 0.843±0.116 0.823±0.112 0.608 0.848±0.112 0.758±0.094 0.041
 4th Post 0.842±0.116 0.823±0.112 0.608 0.847±0.111 0.757±0.095 0.044
 Sub 1st Post 0.839±0.121 0.819±0.115 0.550 0.846±0.111 0.757±0.095 0.044
 Sub 4th Post 0.840±0.118 0.819±0.114 0.573 0.846±0.111 0.756±0.095 0.041
Gray-level non-uniformity (GLN)
 Sub 1st Post 31.8±121.4 18.3±45.7 0.395 22.91±102.3 28.40±56.13 0.047
Long run low gray-level run emphasis (LRLGLE)
 Sub 4th Post 0.782±1.319 0.640±1.527 0.668 0.601±1.168 1.523±2.475 0.019