Research Article

Preoperatively Grading Rectal Cancer with the Combination of Intravoxel Incoherent Motions Imaging and Diffusion Kurtosis Imaging

Table 1

Patients characteristics.

CharacteristicsValues

Mean age (years)59.3 ± 10.2, (min: 40, max: 79)
Gender
 Male33
 Female25
Histopathological grade1–4
 WHO-G111
 WHO-G229
 WHO-G318
 Low grade (G1 and G2)40
 High grade (G3)18
T stage
 T12
 T24
 T334
 T418
N stage
 N012
 N128
 N218
M stage
 M053
 M15
Anatomic distribution
 Upper17
 Middle28
 Lower13