Table 2 Tumor size and correlation coefficients representing the strength of a linear association between pathological tumor sizes and recorded sizes with multimodal breast imaging
Pathology | Mammography | Ultrasound | CT | MRI without CAD system | MRI with CAD system | FDG-PET | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean tumor size | 25.2 ± 14.8 | 30.7 ± 19.1 | 28.5 ± 17.7 | 27.6 ± 15.6 | 29.1 ± 16.3 | 28.3 ± 23.1 | 32.7 ± 21.5 |
Median tumor size | 22 | 27 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 22 | 28 |
Size Range | (3–74) | (9–120) | (5–100) | (8–79) | (8–78) | (0.5-100) | (0–103) |
Correlation coefficients | 0.583 | 0.656 | 0.711 | 0.766 | 0.513 | 0.616 |