Microvessel density of malignant and benign hepatic lesions and MRI evaluation

Table 1 MVD of malignant and benign liver lesions

	Number	MVD (mean ± SD)
HCC	265	22.7 ± 15.8b
Cirrhosis	122	8.3 ± 7.6
Benign lesion	22	31.3 ± 22.7

^bP < 0.01 vs cirrhosis.

Table 2 CNR of HCC and benign lesion (mean ± SD)

	Nonenhanced	Arterial	Portal venous	Equilibrium
		phase	phase	phases
HCC
(n = 33)	-2.86 ± 2.94	3.88 ± 5.63	-1.43 ± 8.39	-1.08 ± 2.80
Benign lesion
(n = 16)	-2.91 ± 2.79	2.12 ± 9.08	-2.05 ± 8.56	-0.92 ± 6.59