Research Article

Synthetic Apparent Diffusion Coefficient for High b-Value Diffusion-Weighted MRI in Prostate

Table 1

Comparison between sADC values in lesions with Gleason score (GS) <6 and GS ≥6 at b-1000, b-1500, and b-2000.

Malignant
GS (6,7)
N = 7
sADC (10−3 mm2/s)
(mean ± SD)
Benign
GS < 6
N = 8
sADC (10−3 mm2/s)
(mean ± SD)
95% CI value

b-10000.818 ± 0.0671.131 ± 0.0840.075–0.5500.0138
b-15000.682 ± 0.0591.007 ± 0.0900.084–0.5670.0121
b-20000.601 ± 0.0570.935 ± 0.0940.088–0.5810.0116

Statistically significant. 95% CI, 95% confidence interval; sADC, synthetic apparent diffusion coefficient; GS, Gleason score.