Pseudo-T2 mapping for normalization of T2-weighted prostate MRI.
MAGMA
; 35(4): 573-585, 2022 Aug.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Signal intensity normalization is necessary to reduce heterogeneity in T2-weighted (T2W) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for quantitative analysis of multicenter data. AutoRef is an automated dual-reference tissue normalization method that normalizes transversal prostate T2W MRI by creating a pseudo-T2 map. The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of pseudo-T2s and multicenter standardization performance for AutoRef with three pairs of reference tissues fat/muscle (AutoRefF), femoral head/muscle (AutoRefFH) and pelvic bone/muscle (AutoRefPB). MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
T2s measured by multi-echo spin echo (MESE) were compared to AutoRef pseudo-T2s in the whole prostate (WP) and zones (PZ and TZ/CZ/AFS) for seven asymptomatic volunteers with a paired Wilcoxon signed-rank test. AutoRef normalization was assessed on T2W images from a multicenter evaluation set of 1186 prostate cancer patients. Performance was measured by inter-patient histogram intersections of voxel intensities in the WP before and after normalization in a selected subset of 80 cases.RESULTS:
AutoRefFH pseudo-T2s best approached MESE T2s in the volunteer study, with no significant difference shown (WP p = 0.30, TZ/CZ/AFS p = 0.22, PZ p = 0.69). All three AutoRef versions increased inter-patient histogram intersections in the multicenter dataset, with median histogram intersections of 0.505 (original data), 0.738 (AutoRefFH), 0.739 (AutoRefF) and 0.726 (AutoRefPB).DISCUSSION:
All AutoRef versions reduced variation in the multicenter data. AutoRefFH pseudo-T2s were closest to experimentally measured T2s.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Próstata
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Neoplasias da Próstata
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
Limite:
Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
MAGMA
Assunto da revista:
DIAGNOSTICO POR IMAGEM
Ano de publicação:
2022
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Noruega