Differential diagnosis of benign and malignant breast masses using diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging

Table 5 ADC threshold and sensitivity/specificity of breast DW-MRI

Reference	ADC threshold ( ×10 ⁻³ mm ² /s )	Sensitivity (%)	Specificity (%)
Lalitha et al [23]	1.3 to 1.5/0.85 to 1.1(for benign/malignant disease)	97.2	100.0
Zhang et al. [12]	1.24/1.2 (b = 500/1,000 s/mm²)	93.0/96.0	100.0/97.0
Luo et al. [24]	1.22	88.9	87.9
Reiko et al. [16]	1.6	95.0	46.0
Marini et al. [25]	1.1	80.0	81.0
Guo et al. [26]	1.3	93.0	88.0
Woodhams et al. [27]	1.6	93.0	46.0
Ruboseva et al. [19]	1.13	86.0	86.0
Hatakenaka et al. [28]	1.48	83.9	81.3
Pereira et al. [4]	1.21	92.3	92.3
Our study	1.23	82.8	90.0

ADC, apparent diffusion coefficient; DW-MRI, diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging.

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