Utility of Contrast-Enhanced Transabdominal Ultrasonography to Diagnose Early Chronic Pancreatitis

Table 2

Comparison of , , and according to grade of chronic pancreatitis.

	Control; ()	Early chronic pancreatitis; ()	Chronic pancreatitis; ()
(brightness)	113.8 (23.4–177.2)	94.8 (61.7–193.3)	111.2 (51.1–144.7)	0.7207
(sec)	4.82 (3.02–7.20)	4.90 (2.58–7.45)	5.15 (3.33–6.87)	0.6876
(brightness/sec)	22.28 (4.04–33.58)	11.40 (3.54–35.19)	10.27 (5.18–19.64)	0.4760

Kruskal-Wallis test.
: for the pancreatic parenchyma and and : maximum and minimum intensity of brightness.
: time to arrival at of the pancreatic parenchyma and : time to arrival at .
: for the pancreatic parenchyma, = ( − )/.