Research Article

Assessment of Correlation between Intravoxel Incoherent Motion Diffusion Weighted MR Imaging and Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MR Imaging of Sacroiliitis with Ankylosing Spondylitis

Table 2

Distribution of IVIM and DCE-MRI parameters in sacroiliitis with AS.

ParametersReader 1 ()Reader 2 first session Reader 2 second session Total
()

RE (%)0.0370.963
ME (%)0.0480.953
TTP (s)0.0590.942
BE (s)0.0920.912
Ds (×10−3 mm2/s)0.0430.957
0.1930.825
Df (×10−3 mm2/s)0.1730.841

RE: relative enhancement; ME: maximum enhancement; TTP: time to peak; BE: brevity of enhancement; Ds: pure diffusion coefficient; : perfusion fraction; Df: pseudo-diffusion coefficient. Data are a mean ± standard deviation. One-way ANOVA. Statistically significant ().