Table 2 Mean values of metrics from Histo-μSim forward model 2 and from histology within different ROIs drawn on the breast, kidney and spleen tissue scanned ex vivo on a pre-clinical 9.4T MRI system

From: Histology-informed microstructural diffusion simulations for MRI cancer characterisation—the Histo-μSim framework

Description

finhisto

finMC

vCSsphhisto

vCScylhisto

mCShisto

vCScylMC

κ

   

[μm]

[μm]

[μm]

[μm]

[μm/s]

ROI 1: Breast tumour - Week 9 (cellular area)

0.70

0.56

8.6

8.4

7.5

12.5

21.7

ROI 2: Breast tumour - Week 14 (necrosis)

0.03

0.08

4.5

4.4

4.0

10.0

4.1

ROI 3: Breast tumour - Week 14 (cellular area)

0.72

0.48

10.4

10.1

9.0

12.0

24.8

ROI 4: Breast tumour - Week 11 (cellular area)

0.64

0.61

8.7

8.4

7.2

12.7

23.7

ROI 5: Non-cancerous breast

0.11

0.04

7.7

7.4

6.3

8.7

0.20

ROI 6: Breast tumour - Week 9 (cellular area)

0.68

0.75

5.7

5.6

5.2

8.0

3.3

ROI 7: Breast tumour - Week 9 (cellular area)

0.55

0.77

8.0

7.7

6.8

12.7

4.5

ROI 8: Breast tumour - Week 9 (cellular area)

0.76

0.70

8.8

8.6

7.6

12.4

6.3

ROI 9: Breast tumour - Week 11 (cellular area)

0.81

0.53

9.6

9.4

8.7

12.1

11.3

ROI 10: Breast tumour - Week 11 (cellular area)

0.84

0.60

11.0

10.8

9.9

13.2

28.3

ROI 11: Breast tumour - Week 11 (cellular area)

0.77

0.52

9.1

8.9

8.1

12.4

25.3

ROI 12: Breast tumour - Week 14 (necrosis)

0.01

0.03

2.0

1.9

1.7

9.4

4.4

ROI 13: Breast tumour - Week 14 (cellular area)

0.74

0.60

9.7

9.5

8.5

12.9

25.0

ROI 14: Breast tumour - Week 14 (cellular area)

0.77

0.54

9.8

9.5

8.8

12.9

21.1

ROI 15: Injured kidney

0.66

0.48

6.0

5.8

5.0

11.8

26.7

ROI 16: Healthy kidney

0.82

0.10

11.8

11.6

10.1

11.6

17.3

ROI 17: Healthy spleen

0.75

0.44

5.2

5.1

4.4

8.9

8.6

ROI 18: Splenomegaly

0.64

0.41

4.7

4.6

4.0

8.3

0.50

  1. Histological metrics are indicated with subscript histo, while Histo-μSim metrics with MC, for Monte Carlo simulation-informed estimation.