Research Article

Comparison of Intravoxel Incoherent Motion Diffusion-Weighted MR Imaging and Arterial Spin Labeling MR Imaging in Gliomas

Table 3

Histogram parameters of solid component in tumor from the ASL and MB-DWI from histogram analysis as well as ROC analysis in HGG and LGG (mean ± SD).

TumorHGGLGGTest typeAUCCutoff

CBFMean (mL/100 g/min)102.04 ± 45.5562.26 ± 18.130.011tt0.783
Median (mL/100 g/min)99.65 ± 42.0862.59 ± 18.070.011tt0.801
Maximum (mL/100 g/min)160.77 ± 80.7291.27 ± 30.890.002mw0.8581
Minimum (mL/100 g/min)54.08 ± 30.1331.64 ± 8.960.022tt0.738
90th percentile (mL/100 g/min)132.15 ± 68.1878.91 ± 25.350.015mw0.787
Standard deviation (mL/100 g/min)22.51 ± 16.0713.15 ± 5.770.035mw0.755
Skewness0.22 ± 0.32−0.06 ± 0.250.024tt0.79
Kurtosis2.92 ± 0.762.64 ± 0.440.649mw0.559

Mean ( mm2/s)5.1 ± 3.392.77 ± 0.690.002mw0.8573.5
Median (10−3 mm2/s)3.54 ± 1.522.58 ± 0.330.002mw0.85
Maximum (10−3 mm2/s)30.28 ± 21.919.38 ± 8.720.015mw0.79
Minimum (10−3 mm2/s)0.84 ± 0.761.46 ± 0.770.03mw0.238
90th percentile (10−3 mm2/s)9.86 ± 10.224.02 ± 1.460.006mw0.825
Standard deviation (10−3 mm2/s)3.39 ± 3.3513.8 ± 1.580.055mw0.734
Skewness2.81 ± 1.931.66 ± 1.30.186mw0.664
Kurtosis19.93 ± 20.4610.04 ± 4.960.569mw0.573

Mean (10−3 mm2/s)0.69 ± 0.090.81 ± 0.120.013tt0.818
Median ( mm2/s)0.69 ± 0.090.82 ± 0.110.006mw0.8250.755
Maximum (10−3 mm2/s)0.98 ± 0.191.07 ± 0.150.15mw0.678
Minimum (10−3 mm2/s)0.29 ± 0.250.55 ± 0.250.039tt0.755
90th percentile (10−3 mm2/s)0.83 ± 0.140.95 ± 0.110.029tt0.766
Standard deviation (10−3 mm2/s)0.12 ± 0.050.12 ± 0.080.776mw0.465
Skewness−0.45 ± 1.23−0.42 ± 1.390.955mw0.49
Kurtosis6.63 ± 5.095.12 ± 6.530.063mw0.273

Mean (10−3 mm2/s)0.4 ± 0.110.49 ± 0.10.039tt0.769
Median (10−3 mm2/s)0.39 ± 0.120.49 ± 0.110.025tt0.7830.395
Maximum (10−3 mm2/s)0.81 ± 0.180.84 ± 0.140.82mw0.528
Minimum (10−3 mm2/s)0.14 ± 0.070.22 ± 0.120.042tt0.766
90th percentile (10−3 mm2/s)0.57 ± 0.160.67 ± 0.150.14tt0.678
Standard deviation (10−3 mm2/s)0.13 ± 0.050.14 ± 0.050.728tt0.528
Skewness0.73 ± 0.690.29 ± 0.490.09tt0.297
Kurtosis4.22 ± 2.832.89 ± 1.040.11tt0.301

ADCMean (10−3 mm2/s)0.85 ± 0.091.04 ± 0.130.001tt0.85
Median ( mm2/s)0.85 ± 0.111.07 ± 0.120.000mw0.920.885
Maximum (10−3 mm2/s)1.37 ± 0.291.42 ± 0.210.648tt0.58
Minimum (10−3 mm2/s)0.43 ± 0.270.65 ± 0.280.054tt0.75
90th percentile (10−3 mm2/s)1.07 ± 0.171.24 ± 0.160.019tt0.76
Standard deviation (10−3 mm2/s)0.16 ± 0.070.17 ± 0.050.528tt0.6
Skewness0.23 ± 1.5−0.16 ± 0.890.457tt0.35
Kurtosis6.67 ± 5.113.35 ± 1.950.04tt0.21

Statistically significant values are presented in bold font. mw: Mann-Whitney test, tt: Student’s -test.
LGG: low grade  gliomas, AUC: area under the curve.