Table 3.
Delineation variation on FDG-PET/CT, T2W-MRI, and T2W + DW-MRI at the cranial and caudal tumor borders
Case | Cranial delineation variation 1 SD (cm)∗ |
P value† | Caudal delineation variation 1 SD (cm)∗ |
P value† | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PET/CT | T2W-MRI | T2W + DW-MRI | PET/CT | T2W-MRI | T2W + DW-MRI | |||
1 | 1.25 | 1.38 | 1.30 | .86 | 0.39 | 0.57 | 0.53 | .84 |
2 | 0.35 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 1.00 | 0.20 | 0.37 | 0.33 | .78 |
3 | 0.09 | 0.55 | 0.37 | .25 | 0.84 | 0.76 | 0.37 | .04 |
4 | 0.67 | 1.22 | 1.00 | .56 | 0.21 | 1.22 | 0.46 | .01 |
5 | 1.22 | 0.44 | 0.33 | .44 | 0.57 | 0.94 | 0.82 | .69 |
6 | 0.20 | 0.27 | 0.31 | .69 | 0.17 | 0.45 | 0.53 | .65 |
Abbreviations: DW = diffusion-weighted; FDG-PET/CT = fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography; MRI = magnetic resonance imaging; T2W = T2-weighted.
Slice thickness on PET/CT = 3 mm; slice thickness on T2W-MRI and T2W + DW-MRI = 6.5 mm.
P < .05 considered statistically significant; 2-sided F-test, calculated between T2W- and T2W + DW-MRI.