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. 2019 Jun 21;10:708. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00708

TABLE 2.

Comparison of IVIM imaging parameters acquired from the combinations of 10 b-values and 4 b-values in datasets of untreated and BmK AGAP-treated groups and at various image acquisition time points (data are presented as means ± SDs and were compared using paired t-tests, *P < 0.05).

Day 0 (n = 6)
Day 3 (n = 6)
Day 6 (n = 6)
Day 9 (n = 6)
Day 12 (n = 6)
10 b-values 4 b-values P-value 10 b-values 4 b-values P-value 10 b-values 4 b-values P-value 10 b-values 4 b-values P-value 10 b-values 4 b-values P value
Dslow (10–3mm2/s)
Untreated 0.479 ± 0.214 0.37 ± 0.042 0.533 0.83 ± 0.622 0.776 ± 0.402 0.785 0.509 ± .105 0.535 ± 0.041 0.664 0.517 ± 0.096 0.395 ± 0.064 0.476 0.617 ± 0.155 0.354 ± 0.029 0.208
BmK AGAP 0.554 ± 0.326 0.643 ± 0.132 0.633 1.098 ± 0.540 0.985 ± 0.016 0.821 0.745 ± 0.418 0.66 ± 0.276 0.552 0.712 ± 0.521 0.779 ± 0.497 0.155 0.745 ± 0.309 0.722 ± 0.267 0.585
Dfast (10–3 mm2/s)
Untreated 73.5 ± 2.121 51.15 ± 13.506 0.226 31.75 ± 6.151 67.35 ± 27.507 0.255 21.34 ± 18.752 58.4 ± 39.881 0.536 60.5 ± 7.354 43.1 ± 14.001 0.168 73.5 ± 0.99 64.55 ± 4.596 0.265
BmK AGAP 70.55 ± 58.619 59.25 ± 36.416 0.603 49 ± 5.657 74.05 ± 23.688 0.440 24.45 ± 1.485 86.35 ± 23.547 0.157 56.2 ± 2.687 71.5 ± 40.164 0.702 55.5 ± 8.98 55,95 ± 47.588 0.998
PF (%)
Untreated 41.55 ± 15.627 35.1 ± 3.96 0.578 25.9 ± 4.808 39.35 ± 5.303 0.017* 45.35 ± 9.829 36.0 ± 2.121 0.336 54.65 ± 5.162 35.65 ± 3.465 0.198 61.55 ± 7.001 27.7 ± 0.424 0.098
BmK AGAP 43.85 ± 37.83 33.0 ± 10.607 0.805 14.6 ± 0.283 29.05 ± 12.374 0.340 52.55 ± 5.162 35.9 ± 0.283 0.145 40.585 ± 7.757 24.6 ± 10.889 0.439 37.8 ± 2.121 25.6 ± 17.536 0.313