| Author | Study type | Tesla | MR type | No pt. | Statisticsa (%) | ADC (×10−3 mm2/sec) |
| Present study | Prospective | 3 | T2W, T1W, DWI | 28 | Sens: 61.9 - 66.7 Spec: 42.9 - 57.1 | 1.89 ± 0.53 |
| Wu et al. [9] 2013 | Prospective | 3 | T2, DWI | 362 | T2 + DWI: Sens: 89 - 94 Spec: 93 - 100 Accuracy: 92 - 98 | - |
| Kobayashi et al. [7] 2011 | Prospective | 1.5 | T2, DW | 104 | DWI sens: 91.3 - 92.0 T2 sens: 89.4 - 91.0 | 0.39 - 2.07 |
| Avcu et al. [8] 2011 | Prospective | 1.5 | T2, DWI | 63 patients + 20 healthy controls | Sens: 100.0 Spec: 76.5 PPV: 92.0 NPV: 100.0 Accuracy: 93.7 | 1.07 ± 0.26 |
| Abou-El-Ghar et al. [10] 2009 | Prospective | 1.5 | T2, DWI | 130 | Sens: 98.1 Spec: 92.3 PPV: 100 NPV: 92.3 Accuracy: 97 | - |
| Watanabe et al. [15] 2009 | Retrospective | 1.5 | T1, T2, DWContrast series | 18 | T1W + T2W + DWI: Sens: 40.0 Spec: 93.0 | - |
| El-Assmy et al. [12] 2008 | Prospective | 1.5 | T2, DWI | 43 | Sens: 100.0 PPV: 100.0 | 1.40 ± 0.51 |
| El-Assmy et al. [11] 2009 | Prospective | 1.5 | T2, DWI | 106 | DWI: Sens: 98.1, PPV: 100 T2: Sens: 96.2 PPV: 100 | - |
| Matsuki et al. [6] 2007b | Retrospective | 1.5 | DWI | 15 | Sens: 100.0 Spec: 100.0b | 1.18 ± 0.21 |