Table 3. Comparisons of the histogram parameters between benign and malignant breast lesions in ss-EPI and rs-EPI sequence.

Variables	ss-EPI				rs-EPI
	Benign lesions	Malignant lesions	P		Benign lesions	Malignant lesions	P
Histogram Kapp
Mean	0.77±0.19	0.98±0.14	<0.01		0.65±0.19	0.89±0.14	<0.01
25th	0.72±0.17	0.89±0.14	<0.01		0.59±0.18	0.80±0.14	<0.01
50th	0.77±0.19	0.98±0.16	<0.01		0.66±0.19	0.89±0.16	<0.01
75th	0.82±0.22	1.08±0.20	<0.01		0.72±0.20	0.98±0.20	<0.01
100th	1.04±0.34	1.41±0.73	<0.01		0.92±0.30	1.31±0.43	<0.01
Skewness	−0.24±1.20	−0.01±1.10	0.03		−0.43±1.06	0.01±1.15	<0.01
Kurtosis	5.13±3.82	4.53±3.28	0.29		5.18±2.85	4.93±4.34	0.43
Histogram Dapp
Mean	1.68±0.39	1.21±0.28	<0.01		1.66±0.34	1.23±0.27	<0.01
25th	1.57±0.39	1.06±0.26	<0.01		1.54±0.35	1.08±0.23	<0.01
50th	1.67±0.39	1.18±0.28	<0.01		1.65±0.35	1.20±0.26	<0.01
75th	1.78±0.39	1.34±0.32	<0.01		1.77±0.35	1.35±0.31	<0.01
100th	2.27±0.63	1.90±0.50	<0.01		2.36±0.57	1.89±0.49	<0.01
Skewness	0.40±0.78	0.80±0.85	<0.01		0.48±0.84	0.73±0.71	<0.01
Kurtosis	4.32±2.45	4.29±2.55	0.48		4.63±3.14	3.95±1.93	0.07

Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation. ss-EPI, single-shot echo-planar imaging; rs-EPI, readout-segmented echo planar imaging; K_app, apparent diffusional kurtosis; D_app, apparent diffusion for non-Gaussian distribution.