Arunark Kolipaka1, Samuel Schroeder2, Xiaokui Mo3, Zarine Shah4, Phil A Hart5, Darwin L Conwell5. 1. Department of Radiology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, United States; Department of Internal Medicine-Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, United States. Electronic address: arunark.kolipaka@osumc.edu. 2. Department of Radiology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, United States; Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States. 3. Center for Biostatistics, Department of Biomedical Informatics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States. 4. Department of Radiology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, United States. 5. Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, United States.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To determine magnetic resonance elastography (MRE)-derived stiffness of pancreas in healthy volunteers with emphasis on: 1) short term and midterm repeatability; and 2) variance as a function of age. METHODS: Pancreatic MRE was performed on 22 healthy volunteers (age range:20-64years) in a 3T-scanner. For evaluation of reproducibility of stiffness estimates, the scans were repeated per volunteer on the same day (short term) and one month apart (midterm). MRE wave images were analyzed using 3D inversion to estimate the stiffness of overall pancreas and different anatomic regions (i.e., head, neck, body, and tail). Concordance and Spearman correlation tests were performed to determine reproducibility of stiffness measurements and relationship to age. RESULTS: A strong concordance correlation (ρc=0.99; p-value<0.001) was found between short term and midterm repeatability pancreatic stiffness measurements. Additionally, the pancreatic stiffness significantly increased with age with good Spearman correlation coefficient (all ρ>0.81; p<0.001). The older age group (>45yrs) had significantly higher stiffness compared to the younger group (≤45yrs) (p<0.001). No significant difference (p>0.05) in stiffness measurements was observed between different anatomical regions of pancreas, except neck stiffness was slightly lower (p<0.012) compared to head and overall pancreas at month 1. CONCLUSION: MRE-derived pancreatic stiffness measurements are highly reproducible in the short and midterm and increase linearly with age in healthy volunteers. Further studies are needed to examine these effects in patients with various pancreatic diseases to understand potential clinical applications.
PURPOSE: To determine magnetic resonance elastography (MRE)-derived stiffness of pancreas in healthy volunteers with emphasis on: 1) short term and midterm repeatability; and 2) variance as a function of age. METHODS: Pancreatic MRE was performed on 22 healthy volunteers (age range:20-64years) in a 3T-scanner. For evaluation of reproducibility of stiffness estimates, the scans were repeated per volunteer on the same day (short term) and one month apart (midterm). MRE wave images were analyzed using 3D inversion to estimate the stiffness of overall pancreas and different anatomic regions (i.e., head, neck, body, and tail). Concordance and Spearman correlation tests were performed to determine reproducibility of stiffness measurements and relationship to age. RESULTS: A strong concordance correlation (ρc=0.99; p-value<0.001) was found between short term and midterm repeatability pancreatic stiffness measurements. Additionally, the pancreatic stiffness significantly increased with age with good Spearman correlation coefficient (all ρ>0.81; p<0.001). The older age group (>45yrs) had significantly higher stiffness compared to the younger group (≤45yrs) (p<0.001). No significant difference (p>0.05) in stiffness measurements was observed between different anatomical regions of pancreas, except neck stiffness was slightly lower (p<0.012) compared to head and overall pancreas at month 1. CONCLUSION: MRE-derived pancreatic stiffness measurements are highly reproducible in the short and midterm and increase linearly with age in healthy volunteers. Further studies are needed to examine these effects in patients with various pancreatic diseases to understand potential clinical applications.
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