TY - JOUR
T1 - Diagnosis of brain tumors using dynamic contrast-enhanced perfusion imaging with a short acquisition time
AU - Abe, Takashi
AU - Mizobuchi, Yoshifumi
AU - Nakajima, Kohei
AU - Otomi, Yoichi
AU - Irahara, Saho
AU - Obama, Yuki
AU - Majigsuren, Mungunkhuyag
AU - Khashbat, Delgerdalai
AU - Kageji, Teruyoshi
AU - Nagahiro, Shinji
AU - Harada, Masafumi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, Abe et al.; licensee Springer.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - This study sought to determine the diagnostic utility of perfusion parameters derived from dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) perfusion MRI with a short acquisition time (approximately 3.5 min) in patients with glioma, brain metastasis, and primary CNS lymphoma (PCNSL).Twenty-six patients with 29 lesions (4 low-grade glioma, 13 high-grade glioma, 7 metastasis, and 5 PCNSL) underwent DCE-MRI in a 3 T scanner. A ROI was placed on the hotspot of each tumor in maps for volume transfer contrast Ktrans, extravascular extracellular volume Ve, and fractional plasma volume Vp. We analyzed differences in parameters between tumors using the Mann–Whitney U test. We calculated sensitivity and specificity using receiver operating characteristics analysis.Mean Ktrans values of LGG, HGG, metastasis and PCNSL were 0.034, 0.31, 0.38, 0.44, respectively. Mean Ve values of each tumors was 0.036, 0.57, 0.47, 0.96, and mean Vp value of each tumors was 0.070, 0.086, 0.26, 0.17, respectively. Compared with other tumor types, low-grade glioma showed lower Ktrans (P < 0.01, sensitivity = 88%, specificity = 100%) and lower Ve (P < 0.01, sensitivity = 96%, specificity = 100%). PCNSL showed higher Ve (P < 0.01, sensitivity = 100%, specificity = 88%), but the other perfusion parameters overlapped with those of different histology.Kinetic parameters derived from DCE-MRI with short acquisition time provide useful information for the differential diagnosis of brain tumors.
AB - This study sought to determine the diagnostic utility of perfusion parameters derived from dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) perfusion MRI with a short acquisition time (approximately 3.5 min) in patients with glioma, brain metastasis, and primary CNS lymphoma (PCNSL).Twenty-six patients with 29 lesions (4 low-grade glioma, 13 high-grade glioma, 7 metastasis, and 5 PCNSL) underwent DCE-MRI in a 3 T scanner. A ROI was placed on the hotspot of each tumor in maps for volume transfer contrast Ktrans, extravascular extracellular volume Ve, and fractional plasma volume Vp. We analyzed differences in parameters between tumors using the Mann–Whitney U test. We calculated sensitivity and specificity using receiver operating characteristics analysis.Mean Ktrans values of LGG, HGG, metastasis and PCNSL were 0.034, 0.31, 0.38, 0.44, respectively. Mean Ve values of each tumors was 0.036, 0.57, 0.47, 0.96, and mean Vp value of each tumors was 0.070, 0.086, 0.26, 0.17, respectively. Compared with other tumor types, low-grade glioma showed lower Ktrans (P < 0.01, sensitivity = 88%, specificity = 100%) and lower Ve (P < 0.01, sensitivity = 96%, specificity = 100%). PCNSL showed higher Ve (P < 0.01, sensitivity = 100%, specificity = 88%), but the other perfusion parameters overlapped with those of different histology.Kinetic parameters derived from DCE-MRI with short acquisition time provide useful information for the differential diagnosis of brain tumors.
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U2 - 10.1186/s40064-015-0861-6
DO - 10.1186/s40064-015-0861-6
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84924942590
SN - 2193-1801
VL - 4
JO - SpringerPlus
JF - SpringerPlus
IS - 1
M1 - 88
ER -