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Table 1 Demographic data and imaging and histopathological results in patients with lung lesions submitted to percutaneous biopsy based on diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) findings

From: Functional imaging with diffusion-weighted MRI for lung biopsy planning: initial experience

Age (years), sex

Lesion size (mm)

ADCa

SUV

Histopathological result

38, male

50

0.61

-

Metastasis from synovial sarcoma

52, male

63

0.80

-

Metastasis from hypopharyngeal SCC

30, male

32

0.78

-

Metastasis from melanoma

58, male

52

1.20

7.0

Carcinoid tumor

31, male

83

0.72

-

High-grade sarcoma

62, female

28

0.79

5.7

Lung adenocarcinoma

69, male

39

0.74

-

Lung SCC

76, female

76

0.99

3.6

Lung adenocarcinoma

76, male

20

0.88

10.1

Lung SCC

74, female

75

0.58

13.7

Lung SCC

78, female

24

0.74

5.5

Lung adenocarcinoma

63, male

67

0.54

9.6

Lung adenocarcinoma

62, male

80

0.96

6.6

Lung adenocarcinoma

  1. aObtained at the lesion biopsy site. ADC, apparent diffusion coefficient; SCC, squamous cell carcinoma; SUV, standard uptake value.