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. 2018 Mar 1;13(3):e0193444. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0193444

Table 5. Intraclass correlation coefficient of diffusion parameters comparing the normal breast tissue datasets using different combinations of b-values.

Parameters 16 b (1 NEX) vs.
5 b (1 NEX)
16 b (1 NEX) vs.
5 b (3 NEX)
5 b (1 NEX) vs.
5 b (3 NEX)
ADC0 0.80 (0.37–0.94) 0.70 (0.02–0.91) 0.84 (0.48–0.95)
K 0.91 (0.71–0.97) 0.87 (0.59–0.96) 0.91 (0.72–0.97)
sADC 0.80 (0.32–0.94) 0.84 (0.45–0.95) 0.85 (0.52–0.96)

Data are mean values with 95% confidence intervals in parentheses.

ICCs of perfusion parameters between different number of b-values or excitations were not estimated, due to large coefficients of variations.