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. 2017 Oct 20;90(1079):20170394. doi: 10.1259/bjr.20170394

Table 2.

Comparison of DCE-MRI parameters for benign and malignant lesions

Parameters Benign group (n = 47) Malignant roup (n = 48) p-value Κ- value  
Morphology Regular 23 9 0.002 0.813
Irregular 24 39
Enhancement homogeneity Homogeneous 14 8 0.150 0.697
Heterogeneous 33 40
TIC type I 22 5 0.000 0.895
II, III 25 43
MSI Mean ± SD 2.078 ± 1.296 2.861 ± 1.274 0.004 -

DCE-MRI, dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI; MSI, maximum slope of increase; TIC, time-signal intensity curve.