Table 1.
Group label | Description | studies | -values () | Scanner manufacturersa | Output parametersb | Analysis ROIs |
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Br2b | Two -value, three direction bilateral axial breast | 3 | 0, 800 | GEHC, SM, PM | Multislice tumor | |
Br4b | Four -value, three direction bilateral axial breast | 4c | 0, 100, 600, 800 | GEHC, SM, PM | Multislice tumor | |
PerfFrac | ||||||
Ph4b | Four -value, three direction diffusion phantom | 3 | 0, 500, 900, 2000 | GEHC, SM, PM | 1-cm-diameter circles, 13 vials | |
Manufacturers: General Electric Healthcare (GEHC), Siemens Medical (SM), Philips Medical (PM).
Output parameters: : monoexponential ADC using all -values; : monoexponential ADC using only highest and lowest -values; : monoexponential ADC using three highest -values; and PerfFrac: fraction of signal attributed to fast-decaying perfusion component.
An additional GEHC study with all directional DWI images but no trace images was included in Br4b.