Table 2.
The correlation coefficients (Pearson and Spearman) between the RMC and the relative tumour diameter, echogenicity, tumour stiffness and vascularity, p-value is given in brackets.
| Pearson r, (p) | Spearman r, (p) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exam #1 | Exam #2 | Exam #3 | Exam #4 | Exam #1 | Exam #2 | Exam #3 | Exam #4 | |
| DIAM-REL | 0.11 (0.49) | 0.14 (0.38) | 0.32 (0.04) | 0.25 (0.12) | 0.09 (0.56) | 0.16 (0.30) | 0.33 (0.03) | 0.25 (0.12) |
| ECHO | − 0.22 (0.16) | − 0.23 (0.15) | − 0.50 (0.00) | − 0.48 (0.00) | − 0.19 (0.22) | − 0.26 (0.10) | − 0.49 (0.00) | − 0.45 (0.00) |
| STIF | 0.29 (0.06) | 0.52 (0.00) | 0.50 (0.00) | 0.52 (0.00) | 0.30 (0.05) | 0.42 (0.01) | 0.50 (0.00) | 0.43 (0.01) |
| VASC | 0.00 (1.00) | 0.17 (0.30) | 0.29 (0.06) | 0.14 (0.39) | 0.02 (0.90) | 0.21 (0.19) | 0.30 (0.06) | 0.22 (0.18) |