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Table 2 The characteristic of lung shrinkage is based on elastic registration between dyspnea score groups in patients with IPF

From: Assessment of lung deformation in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis with elastic registration technique on pulmonary three-dimensional ultrashort echo time MRI

 

Dyspnea score

 

MRC 1

(n = 24)

MRC 2

(n = 34)

MRC ≥ 3

(n = 18)

Jac-mean

0.25 ± 0.03

0.22 ± 0.11a*

0.16 ± 0.03b*c*

Dice

0.10 ± 0.01

0.08 ± 0.03a

0.06 ± 0.02b*c*

  1. IPF, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; MRC, Medical Research Council
  2. aThe difference between MRC 1 and MRC 2
  3. bThe difference between MRC 2 and MRC ≥ 3
  4. cThe difference between MRC 1 and MRC ≥ 3
  5. *p < 0.05
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