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Table 5 Diameters and volumes of kiwifruits (n = 5) and human prostates (without endorectal coil, n = 10; with endorectal coil, n = 11)

From: Two-centre comparative experimental study of biparametric MRI at 3.0 T with and without endorectal coil using kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa) as a phantom for human prostate

 

Diameter (mean ± SD)

Volume (mean ± SD) (cm3)

AP (cm)

LR (cm)

CC (cm)

Kiwifruits, noERC

4.9 ± 0.1

5.3 ± 0.2

6.5 ± 0.5

89.2 ± 11.2

Kiwifruits,_ERC

4.8 ± 0.1

5.4 ± 0.2

6.5 ± 0.4

89.7 ± 9.5

Prostates,_noERC

4.6 ± 1.0

6.0 ± 1.1

5.7 ± 1.3

90.8 ± 48.5

Prostates, ERC

4.2 ± 0.9

6.0 ± 0.5

6.5 ± 1.0

87.5 ± 35.7

 

p values

Kiwifruits_noERC/ERC

0.178

0.142

0.621

0.638

Prostates,_noERC/ERC

0.270

0.902

0.146

0.863

noERC, kiwifruits versus prostates

0.430

0.080

0.086

0.920

ERC, kiwifruits versus prostates

0.028

0.005

0.860

0.853

  1. p values were obtained using Student’s t test
  2. AP anterior-posterior, CC cranio-caudal, ERC with endorectal coil, LR left-to-right, noERC without endorectal coil, SD standard deviation