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Table 4 Nodule characteristics

From: Detection of solid and subsolid pulmonary nodules with lung MRI: performance of UTE, T1 gradient-echo, and single-shot T2 fast spin echo

Nodule characteristics

 All nodules (n = 149)

 Mean diameter

10.8 (SD ± 9.4) mm

 MEDIAN DIAMETER

7 mm (IQR = 10 mm)

 Location (lobes)

RUL = 52 (34.9%)

RML = 11 (7.4%)

RLL = 27 (18.1%)

LUL = 39 (26.2%)

LLL = 20 (13.4%)

 Nodules > 4 mm (n)

102

 Nodules ≤4 mm (n)

47

Nodules by density

 

Solid (n = 100)

Subsolid (n = 49)

P value

 Mean diameter

10.4 (SD ± 9.6) mm

11.5 (SD ± 8.8) mm

0.09

 Median DIameter

6 mm (IQR 10 mm)

9 mm (IQR 10 mm)

–

 Nodules > 4 mm (n)

61

41

–

 Nodules ≤4 mm (n)

39

8

–

Nodules by sequencea

 

UTE and T1-GRE (n = 149)

T2-FSE (n = 124)

P value

 Mean diameter

10.8 (SD ± 9.4) mm

11.5 (SD ± 9.9) mm

0.6

 MEdian DIameter

7 mm (IQR 10 mm)

7 mm (IQR 9 mm)

–

 Nodules > 4 mm (n)

102

86

–

 Nodules ≤4 mm (n)

47

38

–

  1. (a): Nodules included in the FOV of the corresponding sequences