Diffusion-weighted imaging of the liver: Current applications

Table 3 Characteristic differentiation of liver tumors

	Tesla	b-value	ADC (×10-3 mm2)
			Benign			Malignant
			Cyst	Hemangioma	All	HCC	Mets	All
Goshima et al[104]	1.5	0, 100, 200, 400, 800	3.70 ± 0.9	1.23 ± 0.2		1.08 ± 0.3	0.99 ± 0.5
Battal et al[105]	1.5	0, 800			1.94 ± 0.61			0.86 ± 0.13
Gurtosoyianni et al[106]	1.5	0, 50, 500, 1000	2.55	1.9	2.55	1.38	0.99	1.04
Testa et al[71]	1.5	0, 600	2.4				1
Miller et al[73]	1.5	0, 500	3.40 ± 0.48	2.26 ± 0.70	2.50 ± 0.86	1.54 ± 0.44	1.50 ± 0.65	1.52 ± 0.55
Namimoto et al[107]	1.5	30, 1200	3.05	1.95		0.99	1.15	1.04
Kim et al[108]	1.5	3, 57, 192, 408, 517, 705, 846	2.91 ± 1.51	2.04 ± 1.01	2.49 ± 1.39	0.97 ± 0.31	1.06 ± 0.50	1.01 ± 0.38
Taouli et al[67]	1.5	0, 500	3.63 ± 0.56	2.95 ± 0.67		1.33 ± 0.13	0.94 ± 0.60
Cieszanowsk et al[109]	1.5	50, 400, 800	2.45	1,55	1.86	0.94	1.05	1.07
Bruegel et al[72]	1.5	50, 300, 600	3.02 ± 0.31	1.92 ± 0.34		1.05 ± 0.09	1.22 ± 0.31
Kandpal et al[13]	1.5	0, 500	2.90 ± 0.51	2.36 ± 0.48		1.27 ± 0.42	1.13 ± 0.41
Demir et al[110]	1.5	0, 1000	3.05 ± 0.26	2.46 ± 0.21	2.57 ± 0.26	0.90 ± 0.10	0.79 ± 0.11	0.86 ± 0.11
Oner et al[111]	1.5	0, 500	2.34 ± 0.36	1.72 ± 0.30			1.03 ± 0.24
Holzapfel et al[112]	1.5	50, 300, 600	2.61 ± 0.57	1.69 ± 0.34	2.36 ± 0.62	1.12 ± 0.28	1.08 ± 0.32	1.09 ± 0.30

ADC: Apparent diffusion coefficient; HCC: Hepatocellular carcinoma.