Self-Gated Radial Free-Breathing Liver MR Elastography: Assessment of Technical Performance in Children at 3 T.
J Magn Reson Imaging
; 2024 Jul 22.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Conventional liver magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) requires breath-holding (BH) to avoid motion artifacts, which is challenging for children. While radial free-breathing (FB)-MRE is an alternative for quantifying liver stiffness (LS), previous methods had limitations of long scan times, acquiring two slices in 5 minutes, and not resolving motion during reconstruction.PURPOSE:
To reduce FB-MRE scan time to 4 minutes for four slices and to investigate the impact of self-gated (SG) motion compensation on FB-MRE LS quantification in terms of agreement, intrasession repeatability, and technical quality compared to conventional BH-MRE. STUDY TYPE Prospective. POPULATION Twenty-six children without fibrosis (median age 12.9 years, 15 females). FIELD STRENGTH/SEQUENCE 3 T; Cartesian gradient-echo (GRE) BH-MRE, research application radial GRE FB-MRE. ASSESSMENT Participants were scanned twice to measure repeatability, without moving the table or changing the participants' position. LS was measured in areas of the liver with numerical confidence ≥90%. Technical quality was examined using measurable liver area (%). STATISTICAL TESTS Agreement of LS between BH-MRE and FB-MRE was evaluated using Bland-Altman analysis for SG acceptance rates of 40%, 60%, 80%, and 100%. LS repeatability was assessed using within-subject coefficient of variation (wCV). The differences in LS and measurable liver area were examined using Kruskal-Wallis and Wilcoxon signed-rank tests. P < 0.05 was considered significant.RESULTS:
FB-MRE with 60% SG achieved the closest agreement with BH-MRE (mean difference 0.00 kPa). The LS ranged from 1.70 to 1.83 kPa with no significant differences between BH-MRE and FB-MRE with varying SG rates (P = 0.52). All tested methods produced repeatable LS with wCV from 4.4% to 6.5%. The median measurable liver area was smaller for FB-MRE (32%-45%) than that for BH-MRE (91%-93%) (P < 0.05). DATACONCLUSION:
FB-MRE with 60% SG can quantify LS with close agreement and comparable repeatability with respect to BH-MRE in children. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE 2 TECHNICAL EFFICACY Stage 1.
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J Magn Reson Imaging
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DIAGNOSTICO POR IMAGEM
Ano de publicação:
2024
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Article
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Estados Unidos