Qi-Yong Ai1, Ann D King2, Janet S M Chan1, Weitian Chen1, K C Allen Chan3, John K S Woo4, Benny C Y Zee5, Anthony T C Chan6, Darren M C Poon6, Brigette B Y Ma6, Edwin P Hui6, Anil T Ahuja1, Alexander C Vlantis4, Jing Yuan7. 1. Department of Imaging and Interventional Radiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, 30-32 Ngan Shing Street, Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China. 2. Department of Imaging and Interventional Radiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, 30-32 Ngan Shing Street, Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China. king2015@cuhk.edu.hk. 3. Department of Chemical Pathology, State Key Laboratory Translational Oncology, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China. 4. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China. 5. Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China. 6. Department of Clinical Oncology, State Key Laboratory Translational Oncology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China. 7. Medical Physics and Research Department, Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital, Happy Valley, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: MRI can detect early-stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), but the detection is more challenging in early-stage NPCs because they must be distinguished from benign hyperplasia in the nasopharynx. This study aimed to determine whether intravoxel incoherent motion diffusion-weighted imaging (IVIM DWI) MRI could distinguish between these two entities. METHODS: Thirty-four subjects with early-stage NPC and 30 subjects with benign hyperplasia prospectively underwent IVIM DWI. The mean pure diffusion coefficient (D), pseudo-diffusion coefficient (D*), perfusion fraction (f) and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values were calculated for all subjects and compared between the 2 groups using Student's t test. Receiver operating characteristics with the area under the curve (AUC) was used to identify the optimal threshold for all significant parameters, and the corresponding diagnostic performance was calculated. A p value of < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS: Compared with benign hyperplasia, early-stage NPC exhibited a significantly lower D mean (0.64 ± 0.06 vs 0.87 ± 0.11 × 10-3 mm2/s), ADC0-1000 mean (0.77 ± 0.08 vs 1.00 ± 0.13 × 10-3 mm2/s), ADC300-1000 (0.63 ± 0.05 vs 0.86 ± 0.10 × 10-3 mm2/s) and a higher D* mean (32.66 ± 4.79 vs 21.96 ± 5.21 × 10-3 mm2/s) (all p < 0.001). No significant difference in the f mean was observed between the two groups (p = 0.216). The D and ADC300-1000 mean had the highest AUC of 0.985 and 0.988, respectively, and the D mean of < 0.75 × 10-3 mm2/s yielded the highest sensitivity, specificity and accuracy (100%, 93.3% and 96.9%, respectively) in distinguishing early-stage NPC from benign hyperplasia. CONCLUSION: DWI has potential to distinguish early-stage NPC from benign hyperplasia and D and ADC300-1000 mean were the most promising parameters. KEY POINTS: • Diffusion-weighted imaging has potential to distinguish early-stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma from benign hyperplasia in the nasopharynx. • The pure diffusion coefficient, pseudo-diffusion coefficient from intravoxel incoherent motion model and apparent diffusion coefficient from conventional diffusion-weighted imaging were significant parameters for distinguishing these two entities in the nasopharynx. • The pure diffusion coefficient, followed by apparent diffusion coefficient, may be the most promising parameters to be used in screening studies to help detect early-stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
OBJECTIVES: MRI can detect early-stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), but the detection is more challenging in early-stage NPCs because they must be distinguished from benign hyperplasia in the nasopharynx. This study aimed to determine whether intravoxel incoherent motion diffusion-weighted imaging (IVIM DWI) MRI could distinguish between these two entities. METHODS: Thirty-four subjects with early-stage NPC and 30 subjects with benign hyperplasia prospectively underwent IVIM DWI. The mean pure diffusion coefficient (D), pseudo-diffusion coefficient (D*), perfusion fraction (f) and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values were calculated for all subjects and compared between the 2 groups using Student's t test. Receiver operating characteristics with the area under the curve (AUC) was used to identify the optimal threshold for all significant parameters, and the corresponding diagnostic performance was calculated. A p value of < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS: Compared with benign hyperplasia, early-stage NPC exhibited a significantly lower D mean (0.64 ± 0.06 vs 0.87 ± 0.11 × 10-3 mm2/s), ADC0-1000 mean (0.77 ± 0.08 vs 1.00 ± 0.13 × 10-3 mm2/s), ADC300-1000 (0.63 ± 0.05 vs 0.86 ± 0.10 × 10-3 mm2/s) and a higher D* mean (32.66 ± 4.79 vs 21.96 ± 5.21 × 10-3 mm2/s) (all p < 0.001). No significant difference in the f mean was observed between the two groups (p = 0.216). The D and ADC300-1000 mean had the highest AUC of 0.985 and 0.988, respectively, and the D mean of < 0.75 × 10-3 mm2/s yielded the highest sensitivity, specificity and accuracy (100%, 93.3% and 96.9%, respectively) in distinguishing early-stage NPC from benign hyperplasia. CONCLUSION: DWI has potential to distinguish early-stage NPC from benign hyperplasia and D and ADC300-1000 mean were the most promising parameters. KEY POINTS: • Diffusion-weighted imaging has potential to distinguish early-stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma from benign hyperplasia in the nasopharynx. • The pure diffusion coefficient, pseudo-diffusion coefficient from intravoxel incoherent motion model and apparent diffusion coefficient from conventional diffusion-weighted imaging were significant parameters for distinguishing these two entities in the nasopharynx. • The pure diffusion coefficient, followed by apparent diffusion coefficient, may be the most promising parameters to be used in screening studies to help detect early-stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
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Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging; Hyperplasia; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
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