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Table 2 Comparisons of multi-b-value DWI derived parameters (mean ± standard deviation) of healthy pancreas and pancreatic adenocarcinoma

From: Intravoxel incoherent motion DWI of the pancreatic adenocarcinomas: monoexponential and biexponential apparent diffusion parameters and histopathological correlations

Parameters

Pancreatic cancer

Healthy pancreas

P

ADC20 (×10−3mm2/s)

4.08 ± 2.19

9.01 ± 3.76

0.000

ADC50 (×10−3mm2/s)

2.62 ± 1.57

5.19 ± 2.07

0.000

ADC100 (×10−3mm2/s)

1.96 ± 0.92

3.72 ± 1.60

0.000

ADC200 (×10−3mm2/s)

1.86 ± 0.65

2.61 ± 0.82

0.000

ADC400 (×10−3mm2/s)

1.72 ± 0.43

2.03 ± 0.52

0.003

ADC600 (×10−3mm2/s)

1.61 ± 0.43

1.76 ± 0.38

0.037

ADC800 (×10−3mm2/s)

1.49 ± 0.33

1.61 ± 0.34

0.177

ADC1000 (×10−3mm2/s)

1.20 ± 0.28

1.31 ± 0.25

0.016

ADCtotal (×10−3mm2/s)

1.38 ± 0.26

1.56 ± 0.30

0.003

ADCfast (×10−3mm2/s)

6.39 ± 5.55

14.05 ± 8.31

0.000

ADCslow (×10−3mm2/s)

0.84 ± 0.32

0.92 ± 0.26

0.235

f (%)

0.42 ± 0.15

0.39 ± 0.12

0.212

  1. ADC indicates apparent diffusion coefficient; IVIM, intravoxel incoherent motion; SD, standard deviation; P < 0.05 was considered to indicate a statistically significant difference