Sabrina Fleischer1, Mareen Sarah Kraus2, Sergios Gatidis1, Winfried Baden3, Andreas Hector3, Dominik Hartl3, Ilias Tsiflikas1, Juergen Frank Schaefer1. 1. Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Tuebingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Strasse 3, 72076, Tuebingen, Germany. 2. Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Tuebingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Strasse 3, 72076, Tuebingen, Germany. mareen.kraus@med.uni-tuebingen.de. 3. Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Tuebingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Strasse 1, 72076, Tuebingen, Germany.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) aids diagnosis in cystic fibrosis (CF) but its use in quantitative severity assessment is under research. This study aims to assess changes in signal intensity (SI) and lung volumes (Vol) during functional MRI and their use as a severity assessment tool in CF patients. METHODS: The CF intra-hospital standard chest 1.5 T MRI protocol comprises of very short echo-time sequences in submaximal in- and expiration for functional information. Quantitative measurements (Vol/SI at in- and expiration, relative differences (Vol_delta/SI_delta), and cumulative histograms for normalized SI values across the expiratory lung volume) were assessed for correlation to pulmonary function: lung clearance index (LCI) and forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1). RESULTS: In 49 patients (26 male, mean age 17 ± 7 years) significant correlation of Vol_delta and SI_delta (R = 0.86; p < 0.0001) during respiration was observed. Individual cumulated histograms enabled severity disease differentiation (mild, severe) to be visualized (defined by functional parameter: LCI > 10). The expiratory volume at a relative SI of 100% correlated significantly to LCI (R = 0.676 and 0.627; p < 0.0001) and FEV1 (R = - 0.847 and - 0.807; p < 0.0001). Clustering patients according to Vol_SI_100 showed that an amount of ≤ 4% was related to normal, while an amount of > 4% was associated with pathological pulmonary function values. CONCLUSION: Functional pulmonary MRI provides a radiation-free severity assessment tool and can contribute to early detection of lung impairment in CF. Lung volume with SI below 100% of the inspiratory volume represents overinflated tissue; an amount of 4% of the expiratory lung volume was a relevant turning point. KEY POINTS: • Signal intensity and lung volumes are used as potential metric parameters for lung impairment. • Quantification of trapped air impacts on therapy management. • Functional pulmonary MRI can contribute to early detection of lung impairment.
OBJECTIVES: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) aids diagnosis in cystic fibrosis (CF) but its use in quantitative severity assessment is under research. This study aims to assess changes in signal intensity (SI) and lung volumes (Vol) during functional MRI and their use as a severity assessment tool in CFpatients. METHODS: The CF intra-hospital standard chest 1.5 T MRI protocol comprises of very short echo-time sequences in submaximal in- and expiration for functional information. Quantitative measurements (Vol/SI at in- and expiration, relative differences (Vol_delta/SI_delta), and cumulative histograms for normalized SI values across the expiratory lung volume) were assessed for correlation to pulmonary function: lung clearance index (LCI) and forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1). RESULTS: In 49 patients (26 male, mean age 17 ± 7 years) significant correlation of Vol_delta and SI_delta (R = 0.86; p < 0.0001) during respiration was observed. Individual cumulated histograms enabled severity disease differentiation (mild, severe) to be visualized (defined by functional parameter: LCI > 10). The expiratory volume at a relative SI of 100% correlated significantly to LCI (R = 0.676 and 0.627; p < 0.0001) and FEV1 (R = - 0.847 and - 0.807; p < 0.0001). Clustering patients according to Vol_SI_100 showed that an amount of ≤ 4% was related to normal, while an amount of > 4% was associated with pathological pulmonary function values. CONCLUSION: Functional pulmonary MRI provides a radiation-free severity assessment tool and can contribute to early detection of lung impairment in CF. Lung volume with SI below 100% of the inspiratory volume represents overinflated tissue; an amount of 4% of the expiratory lung volume was a relevant turning point. KEY POINTS: • Signal intensity and lung volumes are used as potential metric parameters for lung impairment. • Quantification of trapped air impacts on therapy management. • Functional pulmonary MRI can contribute to early detection of lung impairment.
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Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Lung volume measurements; Pediatrics; Pulmonary cystic fibrosis; Respiratory function tests
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