Table 1 Differences of IVIM histogram parameter in benign and malignant breast lesions

 minimum

47.0(11.0,89.5)

8.0(−29.3,33.0)

0.004

 mean

134.6(111.5166.1)

115.6(97.7126.1)

0.009

 variance

767.6(505.51246.3)

1241.0(757.52025.7)

0.032

 skewness

−1.2(− 1.7,-0.4)

− 0.5(− 1.0,-0.1)

0.002

 kurtosis

0.9(− 0.4,2.7)

−0.2(− 1.0,0.5)

0.002

 1th percentile

(1.0,95.0)

(1.0, 58.5)

0.143

 10th percentile

105.0(52.0,139.5)

61.0(33.0,93.8)

0.005

 50th percentile

137.0(119.5171.5)

122.0(104.8129.3)

0.006

 90th percentile

(139.0,192.0)

(140.3169.3)

0.468

 99th percentile

(148.5230.0)

(153.8190.3)

0.382

 kurtosis

3.8(0.3,8.3)

9.8(2.3,16.0)

0.034

 Mean

84.2(69.3,98.4)

66.9(60.0,82.8)

0.002

 1th percentile

(22.0, 74.0)

(49.0, 75.5)

0.186

 10th percentile

(58.5, 80.5)

(58.8, 82.8)

0.189

 50th percentile

85.0(69.5,98.0)

66.5(58.9,83.0)

0.000

 90th percentile

(72.5, 105.0)

(72.8, 105.3)

0.209

 99th percentile

(75.0, 105.0)

(74.8, 111.3)

0.983