Research Article

Diagnostic Value of Semiquantitative Analysis of Dynamic Susceptibility Contrast Magnetic Resonance Imaging with GD-EOB-DTPA in Focal Liver Lesions Characterization: A Feasibility Study

Table 3

Mean values of perfusion parameters obtained for benign and malignant lesions.

Perfusion valuesRAE (%)RVE (%)RLE (%)ME (%)MRE (%)TTP (sec)

Benign lesions 33.8 66.03 80.63 776.00 86.27 146.95
Malignant lesions49.1340.5447.52448.78 49.85 183.79
value0.300.010.100.050.010.17

  value <0.05 calculated with Mann-Whitney test indicated a statistically significant difference.