TABLE 2:

Signal intensities on DWI and ADC values

a. Signal intensities on DWI and ADC values on initial and subsequent MR scans in 4 patients who underwent one abscess drainage
MR examinations
Patient #	Initial MR				time	1. Follow-up				time	2. Follow-up			time	3. Follow-up
	ADC	DWI	CRP			ADC	DWI				ADC	DWI	CRP		ADC	DWI	CRP
1	0.42	high	0.5	D	4	0.87	low	0.5		14	2.19	low	0.5	26	2.25	low	0.5
2	0.53	high	0.5		13	0.81	high	1.7	D	21	2.76	low	0.9
	0.52	high				1.12	high				0.46	high
6	0.36	high			7	0.60	low			14	1.68	low
	0.41	high		D		0.51	low				1.39	low
7	0.67	high	3.0	D	14	2.61	low	2.2		28	1.57	low	1.0

b. Signal intensities on DWI and ADC values on initial and subsequent MR scans in 2 patients who underwent two abscess drainages
Patient #	Initial MR				time	1. Follow-up			time	2. Follow-up			time	3. Follow-up			time	4. Follow-up			time	ADC	DWI
	ADC	DWI	CRP			ADC	DWI	CRP		ADC	DWI	CRP		ADC	DWI	CRP		ADC	DWI	CRP
2	0.52	high	2.3	D	4	2.56	low	1.6	13	1.16	high	3.4	18	0.76	high		D	11	1.17	high	7	2.66	low
5	0.48	high	2.3	D	10	2.95	low	3.18	16	2.58	iso	2.5	26	0.75	high		D	2	1.21	low

ADC = × 10 ⁻³ mm ² sec

DWI = signal intensity on DWI

Time = time interval (days) after the drainage

CRP = C reactive protein

D = surgical intervention/drainage