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[Retracted] Diagnostic Performance of Diffusion Kurtosis Imaging for Benign and Malignant Breast Lesions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Characteristics of the included studies in this meta-analysis.

Included studiesYearCountryAge (years)No. of casesMRI apparatus, field strength value (s/mm2)Histological analysis timeStudy design

Liu et al.2017China43 (18-69)37Siemens 1.5 T
0, 700, 1400, 2100, 2800
Postoperative
Biopsy
Prospective
Chen et al.2016China46 (18-82)45GE 3.0 T
0, 600, 1200, 1800
Postoperative
Biopsy
Prospective
Wang et al.2017China42 (18-60)45GE 3.0 T
0, 500, 1000, 1500, 2000, 2500
Postoperative
Biopsy
Retrospective
Lin et al.2017China45 (21-69)53GE 3.0 T
0, 500, 1 000, 2 000, 2500
Postoperative
Biopsy
Retrospective
Gao et al.2017China42 (13-61)72Philips 3.0 T
0, 500, 800, 2000
Postoperative
Biopsy
Retrospective
Li et al.2018China46 (22-76)64Philips 3.0 T
0, 500, 1000, 1500, 2000, 2500
Postoperative
Biopsy
Retrospective
Li et al.2016ChinaN137Siemens 3.0 T
0, 500, 800, 1000, 2000
Postoperative
Biopsy
Prospective
Nogueira et al.2014PortoN36Siemens 3.0 T
600, 800, 1000, 2000, 3000
Postoperative
Biopsy
Prospective
Sun et al.2015China45 (19-70)98Siemens 1.5 T
0, 700, 1400, 2100, 2800
Postoperative
Biopsy
Retrospective
Wu et al.2014China103Siemens 3.0 T
0, 500, 750, 1000, 1500, 2000
Postoperative
Biopsy
Prospective
Li et al.2018China22–79106Philips 3.0 T
0, 500, 1000, 1500, 2000, 2500
Postoperative
Biopsy
Prospective
Christou et al.2017UK37-71491.5 T MRI
0, 400, 800, 1100, 1300
Postoperative
Biopsy
Prospective
Liu et al.2019China13–64713.0 T MRI
0, 500, 800, 2000
Postoperative
Biopsy
Retrospective
Li et al.2019ChinaN1203.0 T MRI
0, 500, 1000, 1500, 2000, 2500, 3000
Postoperative
Biopsy
Prospective

N: not reported.