Osamu Togao1, Akio Hiwatashi2, Koji Yamashita1, Kazufumi Kikuchi1, Jochen Keupp3, Koji Yoshimoto4, Daisuke Kuga4, Masami Yoneyama5, Satoshi O Suzuki6, Toru Iwaki6, Masaya Takahashi7, Koji Iihara4, Hiroshi Honda1. 1. Department of Clinical Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan. 2. Department of Clinical Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan. hiwatasi@radiol.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp. 3. Philips Research, Röntgenstrasse 24-26, Hamburg, 22335, Germany. 4. Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan. 5. Philips Electronics Japan, 2-13-37 Konan Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8507, Japan. 6. Department of Neuropathology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan. 7. Advanced Imaging Research Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center, 2201 Inwood Rd, Dallas, TX, 75235, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To investigate whether amide proton transfer (APT) MR imaging can differentiate high-grade gliomas (HGGs) from low-grade gliomas (LGGs) among gliomas without intense contrast enhancement (CE). METHODS: This retrospective study evaluated 34 patients (22 males, 12 females; age 36.0 ± 11.3 years) including 20 with LGGs and 14 with HGGs, all scanned on a 3T MR scanner. Only tumours without intense CE were included. Two neuroradiologists independently performed histogram analyses to measure the 90th-percentile (APT90) and mean (APTmean) of the tumours' APT signals. The apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) and relative cerebral blood volume (rCBV) were also measured. The parameters were compared between the groups with Student's t-test. Diagnostic performance was evaluated with receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. RESULTS: The APT90 (2.80 ± 0.59 % in LGGs, 3.72 ± 0.89 in HGGs, P = 0.001) and APTmean (1.87 ± 0.49 % in LGGs, 2.70 ± 0.58 in HGGs, P = 0.0001) were significantly larger in the HGGs compared to the LGGs. The ADC and rCBV values were not significantly different between the groups. Both the APT90 and APTmean showed medium diagnostic performance in this discrimination. CONCLUSIONS: APT imaging is useful in discriminating HGGs from LGGs among diffuse gliomas without intense CE. KEY POINTS: • Amide proton transfer (APT) imaging helps in grading non-enhancing gliomas • High-grade gliomas showed higher APT signal than low-grade gliomas • APT imaging showed better diagnostic performance than diffusion- and perfusion-weighted imaging.
OBJECTIVES: To investigate whether amide proton transfer (APT) MR imaging can differentiate high-grade gliomas (HGGs) from low-grade gliomas (LGGs) among gliomas without intense contrast enhancement (CE). METHODS: This retrospective study evaluated 34 patients (22 males, 12 females; age 36.0 ± 11.3 years) including 20 with LGGs and 14 with HGGs, all scanned on a 3T MR scanner. Only tumours without intense CE were included. Two neuroradiologists independently performed histogram analyses to measure the 90th-percentile (APT90) and mean (APTmean) of the tumours' APT signals. The apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) and relative cerebral blood volume (rCBV) were also measured. The parameters were compared between the groups with Student's t-test. Diagnostic performance was evaluated with receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. RESULTS: The APT90 (2.80 ± 0.59 % in LGGs, 3.72 ± 0.89 in HGGs, P = 0.001) and APTmean (1.87 ± 0.49 % in LGGs, 2.70 ± 0.58 in HGGs, P = 0.0001) were significantly larger in the HGGs compared to the LGGs. The ADC and rCBV values were not significantly different between the groups. Both the APT90 and APTmean showed medium diagnostic performance in this discrimination. CONCLUSIONS: APT imaging is useful in discriminating HGGs from LGGs among diffuse gliomas without intense CE. KEY POINTS: • Amide proton transfer (APT) imaging helps in grading non-enhancing gliomas • High-grade gliomas showed higher APT signal than low-grade gliomas • APT imaging showed better diagnostic performance than diffusion- and perfusion-weighted imaging.
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Amide proton transfer imaging; Brain tumour; Chemical exchange saturation transfer; Glioma; MR imaging
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