Research Article

Associations between 18F-FDG-PET, DWI, and DCE Parameters in Patients with Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Depend on Tumor Grading

Table 6

Comparison of PET and DWI values between different tumor grades.

ParametersG1 + 2G3 + 4Mann–Whitney
Mean ± SDMean ± SD values

21.11 ± 8.3717.79 ± 9.860.20
8.92 ± 3.927.75 ± 3.400.28
× 10−3 mm2s−10.74 ± 0.150.69 ± 0.280.65
× 10−3 mm2s−11.16 ± 0.141.13 ± 0.250.47
× 10−3 mm2s−11.75 ± 0.251.79 ± 0.340.96
0.20 ± 0.130.20± 0.120.93
0.39 ± 0.160.70 ± 0.850.22
0.55 ± 0.190.49 ± 0.170.37