Table 2 Lesion characteristics.

From: The impact of computed high b-value images on the diagnostic accuracy of DWI for prostate cancer: A receiver operating characteristics analysis

 

Range

Average

Number(n)

Lesion size(mm)

5–40

13.3 ± 6.4

5–9(n = 46)

10–19(n = 73)

20–40(n = 19)

Lesion location in gland

  

L(n = 73); R(n = 65)

PZ (n = 63); TZ(n = 7); AFS(n = 5); ML(n = 69); SV(n = 2)

Apex(n = 32); Mid(n = 97); Base(n = 22);

Gleason score

  

G 6 (n = 15); G 7 (n = 33); G 8 (n = 8); G 9(n = 4);G 10 (n = 1)

  1. n: lesion number; L: left; R: right; PZ: peripheral zone; TZ: transition zone; AFS: anterior fibromuscular stroma; ML: median lobe; SV: seminal vesicle; G 6: Gleason 3 + 3; G 7: Gleason 3 + 4 and Gleason 4 + 3; G 8: Gleason 3 + 5 and Gleason 4 + 4; G 9: Gleason 4 + 5 and Gleason 5 + 4; G 10: Gleason 5 + 5.
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