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Table 1 Comparison of DKTI metrics (mean ± SD) between RCC and contralateral renal cortex and medulla

From: Application of diffusion kurtosis tensor MR imaging in characterization of renal cell carcinomas with different pathological types and grades

DKTI metrics

RCC

Cortex

P value

Medulla

P value

MK

0.77 ± 0.23

0.61 ± 0.06

< 0.001

0.59 ± 0.07

0.001

Ka

0.86 ± 0.27

0.67 ± 0.05

0.005

0.64 ± 0.06

0.001

Kr

0.64 ± 0.21

0.56 ± 0.06

0.003

0.52 ± 0.09

0.002

MD (10−3 mm2/s)

1.61 ± 0.43

2.87 ± 0.15

< 0.001

2.41 ± 0.16

< 0.001

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