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Table 6 Diameters of kiwifruit phantom and human pelvis, and respective distances from the posterior surface of kiwifruit and human prostates to the scanner table

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)

Distance from kiwifruit or prostate to scanner table (mean ± SD) (cm)

AP (cm)

LR (cm)

Kiwifruits,_noERC

21.6 ± 2.3

37.5 ± 2.3

8.0 ± 0.3

Kiwifruits, ERC

23.1 ± 2.4

36.9 ± 1.9

9.1 ± 0.2

Patients’_pelvis,_noERC

23.0 ± 2.4

39.7 ± 2.8

9.9 ± 0.9

Patients’_pelvis,_ERC

20.8 ± 1.4

>36.0

10.0 ± 0.8

 

p values

Kiwifruits,_noERC versus ERC

0.184

0.430

0.002

Patients, noERC versus ERC

0.021

n/a

0.792

noERC, kiwifruits versus patients

0.102

0.417

0.006

ERC, kiwifruits versus patients

0.288

n/a

< 0.001

  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
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