Table 1a.
Regional ADC map values from healthy subjects
| Normals (n=32) | ADC 10−3mm2/s |
ADC 10−3mm2/s |
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| Tissue | Normal (Rt) | S.D. (±) | Normal (Lt) | S.D. (±) | ADC Ratio |
| Cerebral Cortex | 0.83 | 0.14 | 0.83 | 0.06 | 1.00 |
| Cerebellum | 0.68 | 0.06 | 0.70 | 0.06 | 0.97 |
| Lateral Ventricle | 3.01 | 0.41 | 3.14 | 0.19 | 0.96 |
| Breast Glandular | 1.94 | 0.33 | 1.91 | 0.27 | 1.02 |
| Gall bladder | 2.85 | 0.28 | |||
| Liver | 1.16 | 0.22 | 1.12 | 0.26 | 1.04 |
| Spleen | 0.79 | 0.07 | |||
| Pancreas(Tail) | 1.40 | 0.19 | |||
| Kidney | 1.93 | 0.14 | 1.94 | 0.11 | 0.99 |
| Prostate (PZ) | 1.68 | 0.17 | 1.69 | 0.23 | 0.99 |
| Iliac crest | 0.43 | 0.17 | 0.45 | 0.18 | 0.96 |
| Femur | 0.21 | 0.16 | 0.23 | 0.15 | 0.91 |
| Pelvis | 0.43 | 0.13 | 0.48 | 0.18 | 0.90 |
| Psoas muscle | 1.35 | 0.23 | 1.34 | 0.20 | 1.01 |
| Urinary bladder | 3.20 | 0.21 | |||
| Uterus | 1.27 | 0.20 | |||
| Vertebral disk | 1.59 | 0.19 | |||
| Vertebral bone (Cervical) | 0.43 | 0.18 | |||
| Vertebral bone (Thoracic) | 0.29 | 0.20 | |||
| Vertebral bone (Lumbar) | 0.33 | 0.20 | |||
ADC=Apparent Diffusion Coefficient, Rt=Right, Lt=Left, SD=Standard Deviation, PZ=peripheral zone
ADC Ratio = contralateral tissue divided by ipsilateral tissue ADC map values