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Table 3 The findings of APTw-SI, MTR and ADC values for predicting the short-term treatment outcome in NPC patients after chemoradiotherapy

From: Amide proton transfer (APT) and magnetization transfer (MT) in predicting short-term therapeutic outcome in nasopharyngeal carcinoma after chemoradiotherapy: a feasibility study of three-dimensional chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) MRI

 

CRT

P value

Non-residual(n = 28)

Residual(n = 12)

 

APTw-SI: MTRasym (%)

1.72 ± 1.21

1.64 ± 1.22

0.854

MTR (%)

31.24 ± 5.21

34.74 ± 1.54

0.003**

ADC value (10− 6 mm2/sec)

1004.34 ± 281.71

912.54 ± 175.29

0.304

  1. Note: All values were shown in mean ± standard deviation. CRT: chemoradiotherapy; APTw-SI: amide proton transfer weighted signal intensity; MTR: magnetization transfer ratio; MTRasym: the asymmetric magnetization transfer ratio; ADC: apparent diffusion coefficient. *: P<0.05, **: P<0.01.
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