Utaroh Motosugi1, Peter Bannas1, Candice A Bookwalter1, Katsuhiro Sano1, Scott B Reeder1. 1. From the Departments of Radiology (U.M., P.B., C.A.B., S.B.R.), Medical Physics (S.B.R.), Biomedical Engineering (S.B.R.), Medicine (S.B.R.), and Emergency Medicine (S.B.R.), University of Wisconsin, 600 Highland Ave, Madison, WI 53792-3252; Department of Radiology, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan (U.M., K.S.); and Department of Radiology, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany (P.B.).
Abstract
PURPOSE: To investigate the cause of imaging artifacts observed during gadoxetic acid-enhanced arterial phase imaging of the liver. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This HIPAA-compliant study was approved by the institutional review board. Data were collected prospectively at two sites (site A, United States; site B, Japan) from patients undergoing contrast material-enhanced MR imaging with gadoxetic acid (site A, n = 154, dose = 0.05 mmol/kg; site B, n = 130, 0.025 mmol/kg) or gadobenate dimeglumine (only site A, n = 1666) from January 2014 to September 2014 at site A and from November 2014 to January 2015 at site B. Detailed comparisons between the two agents were made in the patients with dynamic liver acquisitions (n = 372) and age-, sex-, and baseline oxygen saturation (Spo2)-matched pairs (n = 130) at site A. Acquired data included self-reported dyspnea after contrast agent injection, Spo2, and breath-hold fidelity monitored with respiratory bellows. RESULTS: Self-reported dyspnea was more frequent with gadoxetic acid than with gadobenate dimeglumine (site A, 6.5% [10 of 154] vs 0.1% [two of 1666], P < .001; site B, 1.5% [two of 130]). In the matched-pair comparison, gadoxetic acid, as compared with gadobenate dimeglumine, had higher breath-hold failure rates (site A, 34.6% [45 of 130] vs 11.7% [15 of 130], P < .0001; site B, 16.2% [21 of 130]) and more severe artifacts during arterial phase imaging (site A, 7.7% [10 of 130] vs 0% [none of 130], P < .001; site B, 2.3% [three of 130]). Severe imaging artifacts in patients who received gadoxetic acid were significantly associated with male sex (P = .023), body mass index (P = .021), and breath-hold failure (P < .001) but not with dyspnea or Spo2 decrease. CONCLUSION: Severe motion-related artifacts in the arterial phase of gadoxetic acid-enhanced liver MR imaging are associated with breath-hold failure but not with subjective feelings of dyspnea or a substantial decrease in blood Spo2. Subjective feelings of dyspnea are not necessarily associated with imaging artifacts. The phenomenon, albeit at a lower rate, was confirmed at a second site in Japan.
PURPOSE: To investigate the cause of imaging artifacts observed during gadoxetic acid-enhanced arterial phase imaging of the liver. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This HIPAA-compliant study was approved by the institutional review board. Data were collected prospectively at two sites (site A, United States; site B, Japan) from patients undergoing contrast material-enhanced MR imaging with gadoxetic acid (site A, n = 154, dose = 0.05 mmol/kg; site B, n = 130, 0.025 mmol/kg) or gadobenate dimeglumine (only site A, n = 1666) from January 2014 to September 2014 at site A and from November 2014 to January 2015 at site B. Detailed comparisons between the two agents were made in the patients with dynamic liver acquisitions (n = 372) and age-, sex-, and baseline oxygen saturation (Spo2)-matched pairs (n = 130) at site A. Acquired data included self-reported dyspnea after contrast agent injection, Spo2, and breath-hold fidelity monitored with respiratory bellows. RESULTS: Self-reported dyspnea was more frequent with gadoxetic acid than with gadobenate dimeglumine (site A, 6.5% [10 of 154] vs 0.1% [two of 1666], P < .001; site B, 1.5% [two of 130]). In the matched-pair comparison, gadoxetic acid, as compared with gadobenate dimeglumine, had higher breath-hold failure rates (site A, 34.6% [45 of 130] vs 11.7% [15 of 130], P < .0001; site B, 16.2% [21 of 130]) and more severe artifacts during arterial phase imaging (site A, 7.7% [10 of 130] vs 0% [none of 130], P < .001; site B, 2.3% [three of 130]). Severe imaging artifacts in patients who received gadoxetic acid were significantly associated with male sex (P = .023), body mass index (P = .021), and breath-hold failure (P < .001) but not with dyspnea or Spo2 decrease. CONCLUSION: Severe motion-related artifacts in the arterial phase of gadoxetic acid-enhanced liver MR imaging are associated with breath-hold failure but not with subjective feelings of dyspnea or a substantial decrease in blood Spo2. Subjective feelings of dyspnea are not necessarily associated with imaging artifacts. The phenomenon, albeit at a lower rate, was confirmed at a second site in Japan.
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