Applied Bionics and Biomechanics

Review Article

[Retracted] Diagnostic Performance of Diffusion Kurtosis Imaging for Benign and Malignant Breast Lesions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Characteristics of the included studies in this meta-analysis.


Included studies	Year	Country	Age (years)	No. of cases	MRI apparatus, field strength value (s/mm²)	Histological analysis time	Study design

Liu et al.	2017	China	43 (18-69)	37	Siemens 1.5 T 0, 700, 1400, 2100, 2800	Postoperative Biopsy	Prospective
Chen et al.	2016	China	46 (18-82)	45	GE 3.0 T 0, 600, 1200, 1800	Postoperative Biopsy	Prospective
Wang et al.	2017	China	42 (18-60)	45	GE 3.0 T 0, 500, 1000, 1500, 2000, 2500	Postoperative Biopsy	Retrospective
Lin et al.	2017	China	45 (21-69)	53	GE 3.0 T 0, 500, 1 000, 2 000, 2500	Postoperative Biopsy	Retrospective
Gao et al.	2017	China	42 (13-61)	72	Philips 3.0 T 0, 500, 800, 2000	Postoperative Biopsy	Retrospective
Li et al.	2018	China	46 (22-76)	64	Philips 3.0 T 0, 500, 1000, 1500, 2000, 2500	Postoperative Biopsy	Retrospective
Li et al.	2016	China	N	137	Siemens 3.0 T 0, 500, 800, 1000, 2000	Postoperative Biopsy	Prospective
Nogueira et al.	2014	Porto	N	36	Siemens 3.0 T 600, 800, 1000, 2000, 3000	Postoperative Biopsy	Prospective
Sun et al.	2015	China	45 (19-70)	98	Siemens 1.5 T 0, 700, 1400, 2100, 2800	Postoperative Biopsy	Retrospective
Wu et al.	2014	China		103	Siemens 3.0 T 0, 500, 750, 1000, 1500, 2000	Postoperative Biopsy	Prospective
Li et al.	2018	China	22–79	106	Philips 3.0 T 0, 500, 1000, 1500, 2000, 2500	Postoperative Biopsy	Prospective
Christou et al.	2017	UK	37-71	49	1.5 T MRI 0, 400, 800, 1100, 1300	Postoperative Biopsy	Prospective
Liu et al.	2019	China	13–64	71	3.0 T MRI 0, 500, 800, 2000	Postoperative Biopsy	Retrospective
Li et al.	2019	China	N	120	3.0 T MRI 0, 500, 1000, 1500, 2000, 2500, 3000	Postoperative Biopsy	Prospective

N: not reported.