Maki Onodera1, Naoya Yama2, Masato Hashimoto3, Takaharu Shonai1, Kazunori Aratani1, Hiroyuki Takashima4, Ken-Ichi Kamo5, Hiroshi Nagahama4, Hiroshi Ohguro3, Masamitsu Hatakenaka1. 1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, South 1 West 17, Chuo-Ku, Sapporo City, 060-8556, Japan. 2. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, South 1 West 17, Chuo-Ku, Sapporo City, 060-8556, Japan. nyama@sapmed.ac.jp. 3. Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan. 4. Division of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Sapporo Medical University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan. 5. Liberal Arts and Sciences, Center for Medical Education, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the usefulness of the signal intensity ratio (SIR) of the optic nerve to the white matter (WM) on short tau inversion recovery (STIR) images to diagnose acute optic neuritis (AON). METHODS: The 405 consecutive patients with suspected orbital diseases underwent orbital magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) using a 3-T scanner between June 2008 and August 2011. Among them, 108 optic nerves (33 AON and 75 control) were retrospectively analysed. The averaged SIR (SIRave) and maximum SIR (SIRmax) were defined as the averaged signal intensity (SI) of the optic nerve divided by that of WM, and the maximum SI of the optic nerve divided by averaged SI of WM, respectively. These values were compared between AON and control using the Mann-Whitney U test. A P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS: SIRave and SIRmax were significantly (P < 0.001) higher in the AON compared to the control. At a cut-off SIRave value of 1.119, the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy were 0.939, 0.840, and 0.870; and at a cut-off SIRmax value of 1.281, these were 1.000, 0.720 and 0.806, respectively. CONCLUSION: The SIR of the optic nerve to WM on STIR images is of value in diagnosing AON. KEY POINTS: • We propose a method of diagnosing acute optic neuritis using 3-T MRI. • Our method is simple and objective and requires no novel imaging techniques. • Our method shows high diagnostic accuracy.
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the usefulness of the signal intensity ratio (SIR) of the optic nerve to the white matter (WM) on short tau inversion recovery (STIR) images to diagnose acute optic neuritis (AON). METHODS: The 405 consecutive patients with suspected orbital diseases underwent orbital magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) using a 3-T scanner between June 2008 and August 2011. Among them, 108 optic nerves (33 AON and 75 control) were retrospectively analysed. The averaged SIR (SIRave) and maximum SIR (SIRmax) were defined as the averaged signal intensity (SI) of the optic nerve divided by that of WM, and the maximum SI of the optic nerve divided by averaged SI of WM, respectively. These values were compared between AON and control using the Mann-Whitney U test. A P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS: SIRave and SIRmax were significantly (P < 0.001) higher in the AON compared to the control. At a cut-off SIRave value of 1.119, the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy were 0.939, 0.840, and 0.870; and at a cut-off SIRmax value of 1.281, these were 1.000, 0.720 and 0.806, respectively. CONCLUSION: The SIR of the optic nerve to WM on STIR images is of value in diagnosing AON. KEY POINTS: • We propose a method of diagnosing acute optic neuritis using 3-T MRI. • Our method is simple and objective and requires no novel imaging techniques. • Our method shows high diagnostic accuracy.
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Diagnosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Optic neuritis; Quantitative evaluation; Retrospective study
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