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PURPOSE: To verify the effectiveness of artificial intelligence-assisted volume isotropic simultaneous interleaved bright-/black-blood examination (AI-VISIBLE) for detecting brain metastases. METHODS: This retrospective study was approved by our institutional review board and the requirement for written informed consent was waived. Forty patients were included: 20 patients with and without brain metastases each. Seven independent observers (three radiology residents and four neuroradiologists) participated in two reading sessions: in the first, brain metastases were detected using VISIBLE only; in the second, the results of the first session were comprehensively evaluated by adding AI-VISIBLE information. Sensitivity, diagnostic performance, and false positives/case were evaluated. Diagnostic performance was assessed using a figure-of-merit (FOM). Sensitivity and false positives/case were evaluated using McNemar and paired t-tests, respectively. RESULTS: The McNemar test revealed a significant difference between VISIBLE with/without AI information (P < 0.0001). Significantly higher sensitivity (94.9 ± 1.7% vs. 88.3 ± 5.1%, P = 0.0028) and FOM (0.983 ± 0.009 vs. 0.972 ± 0.013, P = 0.0063) were achieved using VISIBLE with AI information vs. without. No significant difference was observed in false positives/case with and without AI information (0.23 ± 0.19 vs. 0.18 ± 0.15, P = 0.250). AI-assisted results of radiology residents became comparable to results of neuroradiologists (sensitivity, FOM: 85.9 ± 3.4% vs. 90.0 ± 5.9%, 0.969 ± 0.016 vs. 0.974 ± 0.012 without AI information; 94.8 ± 1.3% vs. 95.0 ± 2.1%, 0.977 ± 0.010 vs. 0.988 ± 0.005 with AI information, respectively). CONCLUSION: AI-VISIBLE improved the sensitivity and performance for diagnosing brain metastases.
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PURPOSE: High b-value acquisition and diffusion-weighted imaging with background suppression (DWIBS) are desirable in high-specificity breast cancer diagnosis on non-contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging; however, this inherently results in a lower signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). Compressed sensitivity encoding (C-SENSE), which combines SENSE with compressed sensing, improves the SNR by reducing noise. Recent technological improvements allow us to incorporate this acceleration technique into echo-planar imaging, called echo-planar imaging with C-SENSE (EPICS). This study aimed to compare image quality and reliability of the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) between DWIBS obtained using SENSE and EPICS in patients with small breast cancers. METHODS: Thirty-seven patients with pathologically confirmed breast cancer underwent DWIBS, and images were reconstructed using both conventional SENSE (SENSE-DWIBS) and EPICS (EPICS-DWIBS). Two board-certified radiologists independently evaluated lesion conspicuity (LC) and noise using a 5-point grading scale. The same 2 radiologists independently measured SNR, contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR), and the mean cancer ADC. The Pearson coefficient and Bland-Altman plot were applied to assess the accuracy of ADCs. RESULTS: LC scores were higher with EPICS than with SENSE, reaching significance for one reviewer but not the other reviewer. Noise ratings on visual evaluation were significantly lower with EPICS than with SENSE (P < 0.001 for both reviewers). SNR was significantly higher with EPICS than with SENSE (P < 0.005 for both reviewers). CNR was significantly higher with EPICS than with SENSE (P < 0.001 for both reviewers). Bland-Altman plots of cancer ADCs using EPICS-DWIBS and SENSE-DWIBS showed excellent concordance, with a bias of 0.026 × 10-3 mm2/s and limits of agreement ranging 0.054 × 10-3 mm2/s; the Pearson's correlation coefficient was 0.997 (P < 0.0001). CONCLUSION: EPICS enhances breast DWIBS image quality, with improved SNR and CNR and reduced noise levels. The ADCs of breast cancers obtained using EPICS were almost perfectly correlated with those obtained using conventional SENSE.
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PURPOSE: A volume isotropic simultaneous interleaved bright- and black-blood examination (VISIBLE) can simultaneously acquire images with suppressed vascular signals (black-blood images) and images without suppression (bright-blood images). We aimed to improve of the bright-blood images by adjusting the k-space filling and using startup echo. METHODS: The k-space arrangement of bright-blood images in the conventional VISIBLE followed a low-to-high frequency order, whereas that in the proposed VISIBLE sequence was in the reversed order, and a startup echo was added. The effects of startup echo on the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) were evaluated using phantoms, considering both white matter (WM) and post-contrast blood. Data from copper sulfate phantoms were acquired in 1D Fourier transform mode using both the conventional and proposed methods of the two VISIBLE sequences. The signal behavior with each sequence was evaluated. Fourteen patients with a total of 21 metastases were included in the study. For each patient, VISIBLE images of both conventional and proposed methods were obtained consecutively after the contrast agent administration. Using clinical images, we conducted a comparison of the SNR and contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) for tumors, normal WM, and blood vessels between the conventional and proposed VISIBLE sequences. RESULTS: There was no significant difference in SNRs for both black- and bright-blood images between the conventional sequence and the proposed sequence with different number of startup echoes, however, the SNR of the proposed sequence decreased with increasing number of startup echoes in both black- and bright-images. The signal behavior of the bright-blood image reached a "steady state" when the startup echo exceeded 20. The SNRs of blood vessels in the bright-blood images did not differ significantly between conventional and proposed VISIBLE sequences. The SNRs of WM in the bright-blood images was significantly larger in the conventional sequence than in the proposed sequence. The SNRs of tumors in bright blood images was significantly larger in the proposed sequence than in the conventional sequence. The CNRs between tumors and WM, vessels and WM in the bright-blood images were significantly higher in the proposed sequence than in the conventional sequence. CONCLUSION: The use of the startup echo in combination with the high-to-low frequency k-space ordering method resulted in improved CNR of the bright-blood images in the VISIBLE sequence.
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Imagens de Fantasmas , Razão Sinal-Ruído , Humanos , Feminino , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Idoso , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética/métodos , Meios de Contraste , Processamento de Imagem Assistida por Computador/métodos , Aumento da Imagem/métodos , Algoritmos , Adulto , Análise de Fourier , Substância Branca/diagnóstico por imagemRESUMO
Moyamoya disease is characterized by progressive internal carotid artery (ICA) occlusion. Extracranial-intracranial bypass surgery is effective, particularly in pediatric patients; imaging plays a crucial role in evaluating intracranial perfusion pre- and post-surgery. Arterial spin labeling (ASL) is a magnetic resonance technique employed for noninvasive, whole-brain perfusion assessment by magnetically labeling inflowing blood. However, ASL cannot evaluate the territories and development of each vessel perfusion compared with digital subtraction angiography (DSA). Recently, super-selective ASL (SS-ASL) has been developed, performing pinpoint labeling on a specific artery at a time, and offering a tomographic view that distinctly displays blood supply areas for each vessel. Unlike DSA, SS-ASL is noninvasive and can be repeatedly performed in pediatric patients. In conclusion, SS-ASL is useful for evaluating bypass development over time and understanding the pathophysiology of pediatric moyamoya disease.
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Angiografia por Ressonância Magnética , Doença de Moyamoya , Marcadores de Spin , Humanos , Doença de Moyamoya/diagnóstico por imagem , Doença de Moyamoya/cirurgia , Criança , Angiografia por Ressonância Magnética/métodos , Masculino , Feminino , Angiografia Cerebral/métodos , Revascularização Cerebral/métodos , Pré-Escolar , Angiografia Digital/métodosRESUMO
PURPOSE: To evaluate the amide proton transfer (APT), tumor blood flow (TBF), and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) combined diagnostic value for differentiating intracranial malignant tumors (MTs) from benign tumors (BTs) in young patients, as defined by the 2021 World Health Organization classification of central nervous system tumors. METHODS: Fifteen patients with intracranial MTs and 10 patients with BTs aged 0-30 years underwent MRI with APT, pseudocontinuous arterial spin labeling (pCASL), and diffusion-weighted imaging. All tumors were evaluated through the use of histogram analysis and the Mann-Whitney U test to compare 10 parameters for each sequence between the groups. The diagnostic performance was evaluated using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis. RESULTS: The APT maximum, mean, 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles were significantly higher in MTs than in BTs; the TBF minimum (min) was significantly lower in MTs than in BTs; TBF kurtosis was significantly higher in MTs than in BTs; the ADC min, 10th, and 25th percentiles were significantly lower in MTs than in BTs (all p < 0.05). The APT 50th percentile (0.900), TBF min (0.813), and ADC min (0.900) had the highest area under the curve (AUC) values of the parameters in each sequence. The AUC for the combination of these three parameters was 0.933. CONCLUSIONS: The combination of APT, TBF, and ADC evaluated through histogram analysis may be useful for differentiating intracranial MTs from BTs in young patients.
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PURPOSE: Lower extremity magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) without electrocardiography (ECG) or peripheral pulse unit (PPU) triggering and contrast enhancement is beneficial for diagnosing peripheral arterial disease (PAD) while avoiding synchronization failure and nephrogenic systemic fibrosis. This study aimed to compare the diagnostic performance of turbo spin-echo-based enhanced acceleration-selective arterial spin labeling (eAccASL) (TSE-Acc) of the lower extremities with that of turbo field-echo-based eAccASL (TFE-Acc) and triggered angiography non-contrast enhanced (TRANCE). METHODS: Nine healthy volunteers and a patient with PAD were examined on a 3.0 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system. The artery-to-muscle signal intensity ratio (SIR) and contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) were calculated. The arterial visibility (1: poor, 4: excellent) and artifact contamination (1: severe, 4: no) were independently assessed by two radiologists. Phase-contrast MRI and digital subtraction angiography were referenced in a patient with PAD. Friedman's test and a post-hoc test according to the Bonferroni-adjusted Wilcoxon signed-rank test were used for the SIR, CNR, and visual assessment. p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS: No significant differences in nearly all the SIRs were observed among the three MRA methods. Higher CNRs were observed with TSE-Acc than those with TFE-Acc (anterior tibial artery, p = 0.014; peroneal artery, p = 0.029; and posterior tibial artery, p = 0.014) in distal arterial segments; however, no significant differences were observed upon comparison with TRANCE (all p > 0.05). The arterial visibility scores exhibited similar trends as the CNRs. The artifact contamination scores with TSE-Acc were significantly lower (but within an acceptable level) compared to those with TFE-Acc. In the patient with PAD, the sluggish peripheral arteries were better visualized using TSE-Acc than those using TFE-Acc, and the collateral and stenosis arteries were better visualized using TSE-Acc than those using TRANCE. CONCLUSION: Peripheral arterial visualization was better with TSE-Acc than that with TFE-Acc in lower extremity MRA without ECG or PPU triggering and contrast enhancement, which was comparable with TRANCE as the reference standard. Furthermore, TSE-Acc may propose satisfactory diagnostic performance for diagnosing PAD in patients with arrhythmia and chronic kidney disease.
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Meios de Contraste , Extremidade Inferior , Angiografia por Ressonância Magnética , Doença Arterial Periférica , Marcadores de Spin , Humanos , Angiografia por Ressonância Magnética/métodos , Doença Arterial Periférica/diagnóstico por imagem , Masculino , Feminino , Extremidade Inferior/diagnóstico por imagem , Extremidade Inferior/irrigação sanguínea , Adulto , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Eletrocardiografia , Idoso , Artefatos , Aumento da Imagem/métodos , Reprodutibilidade dos TestesRESUMO
PURPOSE: Two major drawbacks of 4D-MR angiography based on superselective pseudo-continuous arterial spin labeling combined with CENTRA-keyhole and view-sharing (4D-S-PACK) are the low temporal resolution and long scanning time. We investigated the feasibility of increasing the temporal resolution and accelerating the scanning time on 4D-S-PACK by using CS-SENSE and PhyZiodynamics, a novel image-processing program that interpolates images between phases to generate new phases and reduces image noise. METHODS: Seven healthy volunteers were scanned with a 3.0 T MR scanner to visualize the internal carotid artery (ICA) system. PhyZiodynamics is a novel image-processing that interpolates images between phases to generate new phases and reduces image noise, and by increasing temporal resolution using PhyZiodynamics, inflow dynamic data (reference) were acquired by changing the labeling durations (100-2000 msec, 31 phases) in 4D-S-PACK. From this set of data, we selected seven time intervals to calculate interpolated time points with up to 61 intervals using ×10 for the generation of interpolated phases with PhyZiodynamics. In the denoising process of PhyZiodynamics, we processed the none, low, medium, high noise reduction dataset images. The time intensity curve (TIC), the contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) were evaluated. In accelerating with CS-SENSE for 4D-S-PACK, 4D-S-PACK were scanned different SENSE or CS-SENSE acceleration factors: SENSE3, CS3-6. Signal intensity (SI), CNR, were evaluated for accelerating the 4D-S-PACK. With regard to arterial vascular visualization, we evaluated the middle cerebral artery (MCA: M1-4 segments). RESULTS: In increasing temporal resolution, the TIC showed a similar trend between the reference dataset and the interpolated dataset. As the noise reduction weight increased, the CNR of the interpolated dataset were increased compared to that of the reference dataset. In accelerating 4D-S-PACK, the SI values of the SENSE3 dataset and CS dataset with CS3-6 were no significant differences. The image noise increased with the increase of acceleration factor, and the CNR decreased with the increase of acceleration factor. Significant differences in CNR were observed between acceleration factor of SENSE3 and CS6 for the M1-4 (P < 0.05). Visualization of small arteries (M4) became less reliable in CS5 or CS6 images. Significant differences were found for the scores of M2, M3 and M4 segments between SENSE3 and CS6. CONCLUSION: With PhyZiodynamics and CS-SENSE in 4D-S-PACK, we were able to shorten the scan time while improving the temporal resolution.
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Algoritmos , Angiografia por Ressonância Magnética , Humanos , Marcadores de Spin , Angiografia por Ressonância Magnética/métodos , Artéria Cerebral Média , Aceleração , Imageamento Tridimensional/métodosRESUMO
This study aimed to assess the performance of arterial-spin labeling MRA (ASL-MRA) for visualizing the external carotid artery (ECA) branches in comparison with time-of-flight MRA (TOF-MRA) and CT angiography (CTA). We retrospectively selected 31 consecutive patients, who underwent both MRAs and CTA, prior to the intra-arterial chemoradiotherapy (IACRT) for head and neck cancer. Four patients underwent IACRT bilaterally, so we analyzed 35 ECAs. Pseudo-continuous, three-dimensional ASL using a turbo field echo sequence was acquired. For the TOF-MRA and CTA, clinically used parameters were applied. Two observers evaluated each ECA branch with reference to the angiogram at the IACRT, using five-point scale, in consensus. Friedman test for multiple comparisons was applied. ASL-MRA and CTA better visualized the superior thyroid, lingual, facial, submental, transverse facial, and internal maxillary arteries (IMAs) better than TOF-MRA (p < 0.05). In addition, CTA was superior to ASL-MRA in visualizing only submental artery among these arteries (p = 0.0005). Alternatively, the ASL-MRA was superior for visualizing the middle meningeal artery (MMA) and IMA, compared to the CTA (p = 0.0001 and 0.0007, respectively). ASL-MRA was superior to the TOF-MRA and similar to the CTA in visualizing most of ECA branches. Furthermore, ASL-MRA can better visualize the periphery of MMA and IMA than CTA.
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Artéria Carótida Externa , Angiografia por Ressonância Magnética , Humanos , Artéria Carótida Externa/diagnóstico por imagem , Marcadores de Spin , Estudos Retrospectivos , Angiografia por Ressonância Magnética/métodos , ArtériasRESUMO
PURPOSE: This study aimed to compare assessments by radiologists, artificial intelligence (AI), and quantitative measurement using synthetic MRI (SyMRI) for differential diagnosis between astrocytoma, IDH-mutant and oligodendroglioma, and IDH-mutant and 1p/19q-codeleted and to identify the superior method. METHODS: Thirty-three cases (men, 14; women, 19) comprising 19 astrocytomas and 14 oligodendrogliomas were evaluated. Four radiologists independently evaluated the presence of the T2-FLAIR mismatch sign. A 3D convolutional neural network (CNN) model was trained using 50 patients outside the test group (28 astrocytomas and 22 oligodendrogliomas) and transferred to evaluate the T2-FLAIR mismatch lesions in the test group. If the CNN labeled more than 50% of the T2-prolonged lesion area, the result was considered positive. The T1/T2-relaxation times and proton density (PD) derived from SyMRI were measured in both gliomas. Each quantitative parameter (T1, T2, and PD) was compared between gliomas using the Mann-Whitney U-test. Receiver-operating characteristic analysis was used to evaluate the diagnostic performance. RESULTS: The mean sensitivity, specificity, and area under the curve (AUC) of radiologists vs. AI were 76.3% vs. 94.7%; 100% vs. 92.9%; and 0.880 vs. 0.938, respectively. The two types of diffuse gliomas could be differentiated using a cutoff value of 2290/128 ms for a combined 90th percentile of T1 and 10th percentile of T2 relaxation times with 94.4/100% sensitivity/specificity with an AUC of 0.981. CONCLUSION: Compared to the radiologists' assessment using the T2-FLAIR mismatch sign, the AI and the SyMRI assessments increased both sensitivity and objectivity, resulting in improved diagnostic performance in differentiating gliomas.
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Astrocitoma , Neoplasias Encefálicas , Glioma , Oligodendroglioma , Masculino , Humanos , Feminino , Oligodendroglioma/diagnóstico por imagem , Oligodendroglioma/genética , Neoplasias Encefálicas/diagnóstico por imagem , Neoplasias Encefálicas/genética , Neoplasias Encefálicas/patologia , Inteligência Artificial , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Estudos Retrospectivos , Mutação , Glioma/diagnóstico por imagem , Glioma/genética , Glioma/patologia , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética/métodos , Astrocitoma/diagnóstico por imagem , Astrocitoma/genética , Isocitrato Desidrogenase/genéticaRESUMO
Arterial spin labeling (ASL) is a noninvasive imaging technique that labels the proton spins in arterial blood and uses them as endogenous tracers. Brain perfusion imaging with ASL is becoming increasingly common in clinical practice, and clinical applications of ASL for intracranial magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) have also been demonstrated. Unlike computed tomography (CT) angiography and cerebral angiography, ASL-based MRA does not require contrast agents. ASL-based MRA overcomes most of the disadvantages of time-of-flight (TOF) MRA. Several schemes have been developed for ASL-based MRA; the most common method has been pulsed ASL, but more recently pseudo-continuous ASL, which provides a higher signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), has been used more frequently. New methods that have been developed include direct intracranial labeling methods such as velocity-selective ASL and acceleration-selective ASL. MRA using an extremely short echo time (eg, silent MRA) or ultrashort echo-time (TE) MRA can suppress metal susceptibility artifacts and is ideal for patients with a metallic device implanted in a cerebral vessel. Vessel-selective 4D ASL MRA can provide digital subtraction angiography (DSA)-like images. This review highlights the principles, clinical applications, and characteristics of various ASL-based MRA techniques. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 5 TECHNICAL EFFICACY: Stage 2.
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This study aimed to investigate whether arterial spin labeling (ASL) features allow differentiation of oligodendroglioma, IDH-mutant and 1p/19q-codeleted (IDHm-codel) from diffuse glioma with IDH-wildtype (IDHw) or astrocytoma, IDH-mutant (IDHm-noncodel). Participants comprised 71 adult patients with pathologically confirmed diffuse glioma, classified as IDHw, IDHm-noncodel, or IDHm-codel. Subtraction images were generated from paired-control/label images on ASL and used to assess the presence of a cortical high-flow sign. The cortical high-flow sign was defined as increased ASL signal intensity within the tumor-affecting cerebral cortex compared with normal-appearing cortex. Regions without contrast enhancement on conventional MR imaging were targeted. The frequency of the cortical high-flow sign on ASL was compared among IDHw, IDHm-noncodel, and IDHm-codel. As a result, the frequency of the cortical high-flow sign was significantly higher for IDHm-codel than for IDHw or IDHm-noncodel. In conclusion, the cortical high-flow sign could represent a hallmark of oligodendroglioma, IDH-mutant, and 1p/19q-codeleted without intense contrast enhancement.
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Neoplasias Encefálicas , Glioma , Oligodendroglioma , Adulto , Humanos , Oligodendroglioma/diagnóstico por imagem , Oligodendroglioma/genética , Neoplasias Encefálicas/diagnóstico por imagem , Neoplasias Encefálicas/genética , Mutação , Glioma/diagnóstico por imagem , Glioma/genética , Biomarcadores , Isocitrato Desidrogenase/genéticaRESUMO
Multinodular and vacuolating neuronal tumor (MVNT) is a relatively new disease concept proposed in 2013 and was classified as a separate tumor type in 2021 by the World Health Organization (WHO) classification. MVNT can cause seizures but is a benign disease, with no cases of enlargement or postoperative recurrence reported. Recent reports described advanced MRI features in MVNT cases, but the diagnosis of MVNT is usually based on characteristic MRI findings of clusters of nodules. Here, we report advanced multiparametric MRI and FDG-PET/CT findings in a case of MVNT with epileptiform symptoms that was pathologically confirmed by surgery.
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PURPOSE: Isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH)-wildtype diffuse astrocytic glioma with telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) promoter mutation is defined as glioblastoma by the WHO 2021 criteria, revealing that TERT promotor mutation is highly associated with tumor aggressiveness. The aim of this study was to identify features from MR spectroscopy (MRS) and multi-exponential models of DWI distinguishing wild-type TERT (TERTw) from TERT promoter mutation (TERTm) in IDH-wildtype diffuse astrocytic glioma. METHODS: Participants comprised 25 adult patients with IDH-wildtype diffuse astrocytic glioma. Participants were classified into TERTw and TERTm groups. Point-resolved spectroscopy sequences were used for MRS data acquisition. DWI was performed with 13 different b-factors. Peak height ratios of NAA/Cr and Cho/Cr were calculated from MRS data. Mean apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC), perfusion fraction (f), diffusion coefficient (D), pseudo-diffusion coefficient (D*), distributed diffusion coefficient (DDC), and heterogeneity index (α) were obtained using multi-exponential models from DWI data. Each parameter was compared between TERTw and TERTm using the Mann-Whitney U test. Correlations between parameters derived from MRS and DWI were also evaluated. RESULTS: NAA/Cr and Cho/Cr were both higher for TERTw than for TERTm. The α of TERTw was smaller than that of TERTm, while the f of TERTw was higher than that of TERTm. NAA/Cr correlated negatively with α, but not with other DWI parameters. Cho/Cr did not show significant correlations with any DWI parameters. CONCLUSION: The combination of NAA/Cr and α may have merit in clinical situation to predict the TERT mutation status of IDH-wildtype diffuse astrocytic glioma without intense enhancement.
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Astrocitoma , Neoplasias Encefálicas , Telomerase , Adulto , Humanos , Isocitrato Desidrogenase/genética , Neoplasias Encefálicas/diagnóstico por imagem , Neoplasias Encefálicas/genética , Neoplasias Encefálicas/patologia , Imagem de Difusão por Ressonância Magnética/métodos , Astrocitoma/diagnóstico por imagem , Astrocitoma/genética , Astrocitoma/patologia , Espectroscopia de Ressonância Magnética/métodos , Mutação , Telomerase/genéticaRESUMO
Since its first observation in the 18th century, the diffusion phenomenon has been actively studied by many researchers. Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) is a technique to probe the diffusion of water molecules and create a MR image with contrast based on the local diffusion properties. The DWI pixel intensity is modulated by the hindrance the diffusing water molecules experience. This hindrance is caused by structures in the tissue and reflects the state of the tissue. This characteristic makes DWI a unique and effective tool to gain more insight into the tissue's pathophysiological condition. In the past decades, DWI has made dramatic technical progress, leading to greater acceptance in clinical practice. In the abdominal region, however, acquiring DWI with good quality is challenging because of several reasons, such as large imaging volume, respiratory and other types of motion, and difficulty in achieving homogeneous fat suppression. In this review, we discuss technical advancements from the past decades that help mitigate these problems common in abdominal imaging. We describe the use of scan acceleration techniques such as parallel imaging and compressed sensing to reduce image distortion in echo planar imaging. Then we compare techniques developed to mitigate issues due to respiratory motion, such as free-breathing, respiratory-triggering, and navigator-based approaches. Commonly used fat suppression techniques are also introduced, and their effectiveness is discussed. Additionally, the influence of the abovementioned techniques on image quality is demonstrated. Finally, we discuss the current and future clinical applications of abdominal DWI, such as whole-body DWI, simultaneous multiple-slice excitation, intravoxel incoherent motion, and the use of artificial intelligence. Abdominal DWI has the potential to develop further in the future, thanks to scan acceleration and image quality improvement driven by technological advancements. The accumulation of clinical proof will further drive clinical acceptance.
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Abdome , Inteligência Artificial , Abdome/diagnóstico por imagem , Aumento da Imagem/métodos , Respiração , Movimento (Física) , Imagem de Difusão por Ressonância Magnética/métodos , Imagem Ecoplanar/métodos , Reprodutibilidade dos TestesRESUMO
PURPOSE: Accurate assessment of cerebral perfusion in moyamoya disease is necessary to determine the indication for treatment. We aimed to investigate the usefulness of dynamic PCASL using a variable TR scheme with optimized background suppression in the evaluation of cerebral perfusion in moyamoya disease. METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed the images of 24 patients (6 men and 18 women, mean age 31.4 ± 18.2 years) with moyamoya disease; each of whom was imaged with both dynamic PCASL using the variable-TR scheme and 123IMP SPECT with acetazolamide challenge. ASL dynamic data at 10 phases are acquired by changing the LD and PLD. The background suppression timing was optimized for each phase. CBF and ATT were measured with ASL, and CBF and CVR to an acetazolamide challenge were measured with SPECT. RESULTS: A significant moderate correlation was found between the CBF measured by dynamic PCASL and that by SPECT (r = 0.53, P < 0.001). The CBF measured by dynamic PCASL (52.5 ± 13.3 ml/100 mg/min) was significantly higher than that measured by SPECT (43.0 ± 12.6 ml/100 mg/min, P < 0.001). The ATT measured by dynamic PCASL showed a significant correlation with the CVR measured by SPECT (r = 0.44, P < 0.001). ATT was significantly longer in areas where the CVR was impaired (CVR < 18.4%, ATT = 1812 ± 353 ms) than in areas where it was preserved (CVR > 18.4%, ATT = 1301 ± 437 ms, P < 0.001). The ROC analysis showed a moderate accuracy (AUC = 0.807, sensitivity = 87.7%, specificity = 70.4%) when the cutoff value of ATT was set at 1518 ms. CONCLUSION: Dynamic PCASL using this scheme was found to be useful for assessing cerebral perfusion in moyamoya disease.
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Doença de Moyamoya , Masculino , Humanos , Feminino , Adolescente , Adulto Jovem , Adulto , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética/métodos , Acetazolamida , Marcadores de Spin , Estudos Retrospectivos , Circulação CerebrovascularRESUMO
PURPOSE: The turbulent kinetic energy (TKE) estimation based on 4D flow MRI has been currently developed and can be used to estimate the pressure gradient. The objective of this study was to validate the clinical value of 4D flow-based TKE measurement in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). METHODS: From April 2018 to March 2019, we recruited 28 patients with HCM. Based on echocardiography, they were divided into obstructed HCM (HOCM) and non-obstructed HCM (HNCM). Triple-velocity encoding 4D flow MRI was performed. The volume-of-interest from the left ventricle to the aortic arch was drawn semi-automatically. We defined peak turbulent kinetic energy (TKEpeak) as the highest TKE phase in all cardiac phases. RESULTS: TKEpeak was significantly higher in HOCM than in HNCM (14.83 ± 3.91 vs. 7.11 ± 3.60 mJ, P < 0.001). TKEpeak was significantly higher in patients with systolic anterior movement (SAM) than in those without SAM (15.60 ± 3.96 vs. 7.44 ± 3.29 mJ, P < 0.001). Left ventricular (LV) mass increased proportionally with TKEpeak (P = 0.012, r = 0.466). When only the asymptomatic patients were extracted, a stronger correlation was observed (P = 0.001, r = 0.842). CONCLUSION: TKE measurement based on 4D flow MRI can detect the flow alteration induced by systolic flow jet and LV outflow tract geometry, such as SAM in patients with HOCM. The elevated TKE is correlated with increasing LV mass. This indicates that increasing cardiac load, by pressure loss due to turbulence, induces progression of LV hypertrophy, which leads to a worse prognosis.
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As functional magnetic resonance imaging, arterial spin labeling (ASL) techniques have been developed to provide quantitative tissue blood flow measurements, which can improve the performance of lesion diagnosis. ASL does not require contrast agents, thus, it can be applied to a variety of patients regardless of renal impairments and contrast agent allergic reactions. The clinical implementation of head and neck lesions is limited, although, in recent years, ASL has been increasingly utilized in brain lesions. Here, we review the development of the ASL techniques, including pseudocontinuous ASL (pCASL). We compare readout methods between three-dimensional (3D) turbo spin-echo and 2D echo planar pCASL for the clinical applications of pCASL to head and neck lesions. We demonstrate the clinical usefulness of 3D pCASL for diagnosing various entities, including inflammatory lesions, hypervascular lesions, and neoplasms; for evaluating squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) treatment responses, and for predicting SCC prognosis.
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We aimed to assess the combined diagnostic value of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) and tumor blood flow (TBF) obtained by pseudocontinuous arterial spin labeling (pCASL) for differentiating malignant tumors (MTs) in salivary glands from pleomorphic adenomas (PAs) and Warthin's tumors (WTs). We used pCASL imaging and ADC map to evaluate 65 patients, including 16 with MT, 30 with PA, and 19 with WT. We evaluated all tumors by histogram analyses and compared various characteristics by one-way analysis of variance followed by Tukey post-hoc tests. Diagnostic performance was evaluated by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis. There were significant differences in the mean, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles of TBF among the tumor types, in the mean TBFs (mL/100 g/min) between MTs (57.47 ± 35.14) and PAs (29.88 ± 22.53, p = 0.039) and between MTs and WTs (119.31 ± 50.11, p < 0.001), as well as in the mean ADCs (× 10-3 mm2/s) between MTs (1.08 ± 0.28) and PAs (1.60 ± 0.34, p < 0.001), but not in the mean ADCs between MTs and WTs (0.87 ± 0.23, p = 0.117). In the ROC curve analysis, the highest areas under the curves (AUCs) were achieved by the 10th and 25th percentiles of ADC (AUC = 0.885) for differentiating MTs from PAs and the 50th percentile of TBF (AUC = 0.855) for differentiating MTs from WTs. The AUCs of TBF, ADC, and combination of TBF and ADC were 0.850, 0.885, and 0.950 for MTs and PAs differentiation and 0.855, 0.814, and 0.905 for MTs and WTs differentiation, respectively. The combination of TBF and ADC evaluated by histogram analysis may help differentiate salivary gland MTs from PAs and WTs.