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Fig. 3

From: Diffusion tensor imaging discriminates focal cortical dysplasia from normal brain parenchyma and differentiates between focal cortical dysplasia types

Fig. 3

Boxplots presenting the difference in the DTI scalar indices between FCD and CBP. a FA values in FCD were lower than in CBP (median 0.18, IQR: 0.16 to 0.19; CBP: median 0.19, IQR: 0.16 to 0.22), while (b) MD values in FCD were higher than in CBP (FCD: median 0.00098, IQR: 0.00095 to 0.00104; CBP: median 0.00095, IQR: 0.00091 to 0.00100). No statistical differences in (c) AD and (d) RD were found between FCD and CBP (AD FCD: median 0.0012, IQR: 0.0011 to 0.0012; CBP: median 0.0012, IQR: 0.0011 to 0.0012; RD FCD: median 0.00089, IQR: 0.00085 to 0.00095; CBP: median 0.00086, IQR: 0.00080 to 0.00092). FCD: Focal cortical dysplasia, CBP: Contralateral brain parenchyma, FA: Fractional anisotropy, MD: Mean diffusivity, AD: Axial diffusivity, RD: Radial diffusivity, DTI: Diffusion tensor imaging, IQR: Interquartile range, mm: millimetres, sec: seconds

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