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Table 1 Strain and B-mode contrast

From: Comparison of contrast in brightness mode and strain ultrasonography of glial brain tumours

Glioma grading

Dataset No.

Average strain magnitude contrast (σ)

Average B-mode contrast (σ)

low-grade glioma

1

0.55 (0.11)

0.43 (0.20)

 

2

0.56 (0.27)

0.61 (0.20)

 

3

0.57 (0.08)

0.27 (0.04)

 

4

0.58 (0.19)

0.46 (0.13)

 

5

0.51 (0.04)

0.32 (0.06)

 

6

0.64 (0.12)

0.36 (0.07)

 

7

0.66 (0.25)

0.35 (0.12)

 

8

0.84 (0.04)

0.56 (0.11)

high-grade glioma

9

0.58 (0.22)

0.31 (0.06)

 

10

0.48 (0.21)

0.24 (0.09)

 

11

0.58 (0.11)

0.25 (0.19)

 

12

0.50 (0.07)

0.29 (0.06)

 

13

0.69 (0.17)

0.42 (0.08)

 

14

0.65 (0.17)

0.60 (0.12)

 

15

0.60 (0.03)

0.44 (0.24)

 

All data

0.60 (0.16)

0.39 (0.16)

  1. The average and standard deviation (σ) of the three contrast measurements obtained for each patient.