Research Article

Evaluation of Peripheral Zone Prostate Cancer Aggressiveness Using the Ratio of Diffusion Tensor Imaging Measures

Table 3

DTI measures from the tumor foci and from the noncancerous prostate tissue.

Tumor fociNoncancerous tissue

1.97 ± 0.25
(0.44–1.60(1.36–2.47)
1.11 ± 0.272.08 ± 0.26
(0.50–1.53)(1.54–2.55)
1.05 ± 0.272.02 ± 0.25
(0.50–1.63)(1.51–2.50)
0.15 ± 0.040.08 ± 0.03
(0.08–0.26)(0.03–0.16)
0.23 ± 0.060.11 ± 0.04
(0.11–0.40)(0.06–0.25)
0.19 ± 0.050.09 ± 0.03
(0.10–0.34)(0.04–0.22)

Mean ± SD. Minimum–maximum and MDin 10−3 mm2/s. All statistical values are significant .