Skip to main content

Table 4 Values of ADC measured in breast lesions

From: The value of diffusion-weighted imaging in assessing the ADC changes of tissues adjacent to breast carcinoma

Histology

No.

ADC(range) × 10-3mm2/s

b = 500

ADC(range) × 10-3mm2/s

b = 1000

Malignant lesions

35

1.04 ± 0.23a

1.01 ± 0.20b

ductal carcinoma in situ

3

0.99 ± 0.18

0.97 ± 0.21

infiltrating ductal carcinoma

31

1.04 ± 0.26

1.02 ± 0.19

Sarcoma

1

1.72 ± 0.21

1.72 ± 0.13

Benign lesions

22

1.79 ± 0.29

1.73 ± 0.34

  1. a P = 0.000, vs benign lesions; b P = 0.000, vs benign lesions.