Research Article

Efficiency of High and Standard b Value Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Grading of Gliomas

Table 3

ADCmean, ADCratio, ADCmax, and ADCmin for grade II, III, and IV gliomas for two different b values.

ADC valueb values (s/mm2)G2G3G4

ADC mean10001.40 ± 0.221.22 ± 0.191.09 ± 0.22
30000.95 ± 0.090.80 ± 0.820.68 ± 0.08

ADC ratio10002.10 ± 1.392.00 ± 0.451.40 ± 0.37
30001.50 ± 0.201.40 ± 0.121.30 ± 0.39

ADC max10001.79 ± 0.301.73 ± 0.641.38 ± 0.28
30001.17 ± 0.151.04 ± 0.240.90 ± 0.11

ADC min10001.13 ± 0.170.89 ± 0.850.82 ± 0.17
30000.76 ± 0.070.61 ± 0.010.48 ± 0.07