Yuki Arita1,2, Taro Takahara3, Soichiro Yoshida4, Thomas C Kwee5, Shugo Yajima4, Chikako Ishii2, Ryota Ishii6, Shigeo Okuda1, Masahiro Jinzaki1, Yasuhisa Fujii4. 1. From the Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Keio University School of Medicine. 2. Department of Radiology, Advanced Imaging Center Yaesu Clinic, Tokyo. 3. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tokai University School of Engineering, Kanagawa. 4. Department of Urology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School, Tokyo, Japan. 5. Department of Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands. 6. Biostatistics Unit, Clinical and Translational Research Center, Keio University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The aims of this study were to evaluate the feasibility of quantitative synthetic magnetic resonance imaging (SyMRI) for characterizing bone lesions in prostate cancer and to discriminate viable progressive osteoblastic bone metastasis from nonviable bone metastases with treatment-induced sclerosis during the treatment course. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This institutional review board-approved prospective study included 96 consecutive prostate cancer patients who underwent whole-body MRI including diffusion-weighted imaging at the time of staging at diagnosis or starting a new line of anticancer treatment. Additional synthetic MRI of the lumbosacral spine, pelvis, and proximal femurs was performed. A region of interest of 1.0 cm in diameter was set in each bone lesion by 2 independent readers who were blinded to bone lesions' diagnosis. Differences in SyMRI variables between the different bone lesions were compared with the Wilcoxon rank sum test, and associations of SyMRI variables with active disease were analyzed with logistic regression analysis. Performance of T1, T2, and proton density (PD) for diagnosing active disease was assessed using the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve. RESULTS: Ninety-three bone lesions were eligible for analysis. The PD values of active (viable) bone metastatic lesions were significantly higher than those of inactive (nonviable) bone metastatic lesions without sclerosis and those of red bone marrow (P < 0.001 for both readers). The PD values of inactive bone metastatic lesions with sclerosis were significantly lower than those of inactive bone metastatic lesions without sclerosis and red bone marrow (P < 0.001 for both readers). The PD value proved to be an independent significant indicator (P < 0.001) for differentiating bone lesions. The areas under the curve of T1/T2/PD for identifying active disease were 0.81/0.69/0.93 for reader 1 and 0.78/0.70/0.92 for reader 2, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Signal quantification on SyMRI provides objective assessment of bone lesions in the lower trunk. The PD value can be useful to determine the viability of bone metastases in prostate cancer.
OBJECTIVES: The aims of this study were to evaluate the feasibility of quantitative synthetic magnetic resonance imaging (SyMRI) for characterizing bone lesions in prostate cancer and to discriminate viable progressive osteoblastic bone metastasis from nonviable bone metastases with treatment-induced sclerosis during the treatment course. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This institutional review board-approved prospective study included 96 consecutive prostate cancerpatients who underwent whole-body MRI including diffusion-weighted imaging at the time of staging at diagnosis or starting a new line of anticancer treatment. Additional synthetic MRI of the lumbosacral spine, pelvis, and proximal femurs was performed. A region of interest of 1.0 cm in diameter was set in each bone lesion by 2 independent readers who were blinded to bone lesions' diagnosis. Differences in SyMRI variables between the different bone lesions were compared with the Wilcoxon rank sum test, and associations of SyMRI variables with active disease were analyzed with logistic regression analysis. Performance of T1, T2, and proton density (PD) for diagnosing active disease was assessed using the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve. RESULTS: Ninety-three bone lesions were eligible for analysis. The PD values of active (viable) bone metastatic lesions were significantly higher than those of inactive (nonviable) bone metastatic lesions without sclerosis and those of red bone marrow (P < 0.001 for both readers). The PD values of inactive bone metastatic lesions with sclerosis were significantly lower than those of inactive bone metastatic lesions without sclerosis and red bone marrow (P < 0.001 for both readers). The PD value proved to be an independent significant indicator (P < 0.001) for differentiating bone lesions. The areas under the curve of T1/T2/PD for identifying active disease were 0.81/0.69/0.93 for reader 1 and 0.78/0.70/0.92 for reader 2, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Signal quantification on SyMRI provides objective assessment of bone lesions in the lower trunk. The PD value can be useful to determine the viability of bone metastases in prostate cancer.
Authors: Christopher C Conlin; Christine H Feng; Ana E Rodriguez-Soto; Roshan A Karunamuni; Joshua M Kuperman; Dominic Holland; Rebecca Rakow-Penner; Michael E Hahn; Tyler M Seibert; Anders M Dale Journal: J Magn Reson Imaging Date: 2020-10-31 Impact factor: 4.813