Superb microvascular imaging technique in depicting vascularity in focal liver lesions: more hypervascular supply patterns were depicted in hepatocellular carcinoma

Table 1 Adler’s semiquantitative grading of vessels on CDFI and SMI, **p =* 0.273, ^#p = 0.033

The Adler’s semi-quantitative grading
No.		hypovascular supply			hypervascular supply
No.		Grade 0	Grade 1	combined	Grade 2	Grade 3	combined	X²
non-HCC 48	CDFI	18	24	42*	4	2	6*	1.2*
non-HCC 48	SMI	8	30	38*	6	4	10*	1.2*
HCC 35	CDFI	8	16	24^#	5	6	11^#	4.546^#
HCC 35	SMI	3	7	10^#	10	15	25^#	4.546^#

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