Table 4 Comparisons of the parameters derived from APT imaging and DKI among breast cancer subtypes

MD (×10^− 3 mm²/s)

1.20 ± 0.56

1.02 ± 0.46

1.00 ± 0.28

1.42 ± 0.35

1.34 ± 0.73

0.0302

MK

0.91 ± 0.51

1.00 ± 0.26

0.96 ± 0.14

0.74 ± 0.14

0.83 ± 0.25

0.0325

MTRasym (×10^− 3 mm²/s)

3.16 ± 1.58

2.71 ± 1.17

2.05 ± 0. 69

2.40 ± 1.30

3.31 ± 0.90

0.0645

ADC (×10^− 3 mm²/s)

0.83 ± 0.22

0.79 ± 0.26

0.79 ± 0.26

0.93 ± 0.17

0.88 ± 0.45

0.0106