Table 3 Comparison of ADC, T1, and T2 for non-metastatic and metastatic lymph nodes
From: T1 and T2 mapping for identifying malignant lymph nodes in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
Parameters | Benign | Malignant | p values |
|---|---|---|---|
T1 (ms) T1SD (ms) T2 (ms) T2SD (ms) ADC (×10− 3 mm2/s) | 1536.83 ± 145.50 164.71 ± 63.61 95.24 ± 9.10 9.17 ± 3.47 0.87 ± 0.23 | 1523.53 ± 231.47 224.56 ± 97.73 78.86 ± 10.23 8.81 ± 2.90 0.93 ± 0.14 | 0.732 < 0.001 < 0.001 0.667 0.004 |