Kristen L Zakian1, Andreas Wibmer2, Hebert A Vargas2, Eveline Alberts3, Mo Kadbi3, Borys Mychalczak4, Marisa Kollmeier4, Daniel Gorovets4, Sean McBride4, Margie Hunt5, Michael J Zelefsky4, Neelam Tyagi5. 1. Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York; Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York. Electronic address: zakiank@mskcc.org. 2. Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York. 3. Philips Healthcare, Best, Netherlands. 4. Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York. 5. Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
Abstract
PURPOSE: The use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for radiation therapy simulation is growing because of its ability to provide excellent delineation of target tissue and organs at risk. With the use of hypofractionated schemes in prostate cancer, urethral sparing is essential; however, visualization of the prostatic urethra can be challenging because of the presence of benign prostatic hyperplasia as well as respiratory motion artifacts. The goal of this study was to compare the utility of 2 motion-insensitive, T2-weighted MRI pulse sequences for urethra visualization in the setting of MRI-based simulation. METHODS AND MATERIALS: Twenty-two patients undergoing MRI simulation without Foley catheters were imaged on a 3 Tesla MRI scanner between October 2018 and January 2019. Sagittal multislice data were acquired using (1) MultiVane XD radial sampling with parallel imaging acceleration (MVXD) and (2) single-shot fast-spin-echo (SSFSE) sequences with acquisition times of 2 to 3 minutes per sequence. For each examination, 2 genitourinary radiologists scored prostatic urethra visibility on a 1-to-5 scale and rated the signal-to-noise ratio and the presence of artifacts in each series. RESULTS: Urethral visibility was scored higher in the MVXD series than in the SSFSE series in 18 of 22 cases (Reader 1) and 17 of 22 cases (Reader 2). The differences in scores between MVXD and SSFSE were statistically significant for both readers (P < .0001 for both, paired Student's t-test) and interobserver agreement was high (Cohen's kappa = 0.67). Both readers found the signal-to-noise ratio of the MVXD sequence to be superior in all cases. The MVXD sequence was found to generate more artifacts than the SSFSE sequence, but these tended to appear in the periphery and did not affect the ability to visualize the urethra. CONCLUSIONS: A radial T2-weighted multislice pulse sequence was superior to an SSFSE sequence for visualization of the urethra in the setting of magnetic resonance simulation for prostate cancer.
PURPOSE: The use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for radiation therapy simulation is growing because of its ability to provide excellent delineation of target tissue and organs at risk. With the use of hypofractionated schemes in prostate cancer, urethral sparing is essential; however, visualization of the prostatic urethra can be challenging because of the presence of benign prostatic hyperplasia as well as respiratory motion artifacts. The goal of this study was to compare the utility of 2 motion-insensitive, T2-weighted MRI pulse sequences for urethra visualization in the setting of MRI-based simulation. METHODS AND MATERIALS: Twenty-two patients undergoing MRI simulation without Foley catheters were imaged on a 3 Tesla MRI scanner between October 2018 and January 2019. Sagittal multislice data were acquired using (1) MultiVane XD radial sampling with parallel imaging acceleration (MVXD) and (2) single-shot fast-spin-echo (SSFSE) sequences with acquisition times of 2 to 3 minutes per sequence. For each examination, 2 genitourinary radiologists scored prostatic urethra visibility on a 1-to-5 scale and rated the signal-to-noise ratio and the presence of artifacts in each series. RESULTS: Urethral visibility was scored higher in the MVXD series than in the SSFSE series in 18 of 22 cases (Reader 1) and 17 of 22 cases (Reader 2). The differences in scores between MVXD and SSFSE were statistically significant for both readers (P < .0001 for both, paired Student's t-test) and interobserver agreement was high (Cohen's kappa = 0.67). Both readers found the signal-to-noise ratio of the MVXD sequence to be superior in all cases. The MVXD sequence was found to generate more artifacts than the SSFSE sequence, but these tended to appear in the periphery and did not affect the ability to visualize the urethra. CONCLUSIONS: A radial T2-weighted multislice pulse sequence was superior to an SSFSE sequence for visualization of the urethra in the setting of magnetic resonance simulation for prostate cancer.
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