Role of combined DWIBS/3D-CE-T1w whole-body MRI in tumor staging: Comparison with PET-CT |
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Authors: | Manenti Guglielmo Cicciò Carmelo Squillaci Ettore Strigari Lidia Calabria Ferdinando Danieli Roberta Schillaci Orazio Simonetti Giovanni |
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Institution: | Department of Diagnostic and Molecular Imaging, Interventional Radiology and Radiotherapy, University Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy. guggi@tiscali.it |
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Abstract: | ObjectivesTo assess the diagnostic performance of whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (WB-MRI) by diffusion-weighted whole-body imaging with background body signal suppression (DWIBS) in malignant tumor detection and the potential diagnostic advantages in generating fused DWIBS/3D-contrast enhanced T1w (3D-CE-T1w) images.Methods45 cancer patients underwent 18F-FDG PET-CT and WB-MRI for staging purpose. Fused DWIBS/3D-CE T1w images were generated off-line. 3D-CE-T1w, DWIBS images alone and fused with 3D-CE T1w were compared by two readers groups for detection of primary diseases and local/distant metastases. Diagnostic performance between the three WB-MRI data sets was assessed using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis. Imaging exams and histopathological results were used as standard of references.ResultsAreas under the ROC curves of DWIBS vs. 3D-CE-T1w vs. both sequences in fused fashion were 0.97, 0.978, and 1.00, respectively. The diagnostic performance in tumor detection of fused DWIBS/3D-CE-T1w images were statistically superior to DWIBS (p < 0.001) and 3D-CE-T1w (p ≤ 0.002); while the difference between DWIBS and 3D-CE-T1w did not show statistical significance difference. Detection rates of malignancy did not differ between WB-MRI with DWIBS and 18F-FDG PET-CT.ConclusionWB-MRI with DWIBS is to be considered as alternative tool to conventional whole-body methods for tumor staging and during follow-up in cancer patients. |
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Keywords: | Whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (WB-MRI) Diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) Diffusion-weighted whole-body imaging with background body signal suppression (DWIBS) Positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) Cancer staging |
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