Table 1.
Comparison of low and standard dose DCE-MRI parameters in PCa diagnosis
MEP (%) | Alpha (% per sec) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Standard dose | Low dose | Standard dose | Low dose | |
Normal Tissue | 93.8 ± 42.5 | 28.9 ± 16.3 | 3.35 ± 1.48 | 5.12 ± 2.95 |
Prostate Cancer | 110.2 ± 49.4 | 33.3 ± 11.6 | 4.27 ± 2.20 | 9.98 ± 5.84 |
p value (t-test) | 0.17 | 0.24 | 0.06 | < 0.001 |
Area under the curve (ROC analysis) |
0.626 p = 0.09 [0.484, 0.769] |
0.629 p = 0.09 [0.489, 0.768] |
0.625 p = 0.10 [0.483, 0.767] |
0.769 p < 0.001 [0.648, 0.890] |