Giovanni Foti1, William Mantovani2, Niccolò Faccioli3, Giacomo Crivellari3, Luigi Romano4, Claudio Zorzi5, Giovanni Carbognin4. 1. Department of Radiology, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Via Don A. Sempreboni 10, 37024, Negrar, VR, Italy. gfoti81@yahoo.it. 2. Department of Preventive Medicine Public Health Trust, Trento, Italy. 3. Department of Radiology, Verona University Hospital, Verona, Italy. 4. Department of Radiology, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Via Don A. Sempreboni 10, 37024, Negrar, VR, Italy. 5. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar, Italy.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: To assess the diagnostic accuracy of dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) in diagnosing bone marrow edema (BME) of the knee in traumatic and non-traumatic patients. METHODS: This prospective IRB approved study included 33 consecutive patients (20 males, 13 females; mean age of 52.2 years) evaluated with DECT (80 and 150 kV) and MRI within 6 days. Two experienced radiologists qualitatively and quantitatively evaluated DECT images. The accuracy values were calculated by using receiver operator curves (ROC) and area under the curve (AUC), using MRI as the reference standard. Inter-observer and intra-observer agreement were calculated with k-statistics. A p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS: MRI depicted BME in 25/33 patients (75.7%). The sensitivity, specificity, PPV, NPV, and accuracy of per-partition qualitative analysis were 92.9, 92.9, 78.2, 97.9, and 92.9%, for reader 1, and 88.2, 93.9, 79.8, 96.6, and 92.6%, for reader 2, respectively. The inter-observer agreement was substantial (k = 0.793) and the intra-observer agreement was near-perfect (k = 0.844). At the quantitative analysis, a significant difference (p < 0.001) was depicted between the density values of positive (mean 3.6 ± 25.3 HU) and negative cases (mean - 72.2 ± 45.1 HU). By using - 15 HU cutoff to identify BME, sensitivity, specificity, PPV, NPV, and accuracy of DECT were 84.7, 93.6, 78.2, 95.7, and 91.6%, respectively. CONCLUSION: DECT can accurately identify BME of the knee.
BACKGROUND: To assess the diagnostic accuracy of dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) in diagnosing bone marrow edema (BME) of the knee in traumatic and non-traumatic patients. METHODS: This prospective IRB approved study included 33 consecutive patients (20 males, 13 females; mean age of 52.2 years) evaluated with DECT (80 and 150 kV) and MRI within 6 days. Two experienced radiologists qualitatively and quantitatively evaluated DECT images. The accuracy values were calculated by using receiver operator curves (ROC) and area under the curve (AUC), using MRI as the reference standard. Inter-observer and intra-observer agreement were calculated with k-statistics. A p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS: MRI depicted BME in 25/33 patients (75.7%). The sensitivity, specificity, PPV, NPV, and accuracy of per-partition qualitative analysis were 92.9, 92.9, 78.2, 97.9, and 92.9%, for reader 1, and 88.2, 93.9, 79.8, 96.6, and 92.6%, for reader 2, respectively. The inter-observer agreement was substantial (k = 0.793) and the intra-observer agreement was near-perfect (k = 0.844). At the quantitative analysis, a significant difference (p < 0.001) was depicted between the density values of positive (mean 3.6 ± 25.3 HU) and negative cases (mean - 72.2 ± 45.1 HU). By using - 15 HU cutoff to identify BME, sensitivity, specificity, PPV, NPV, and accuracy of DECT were 84.7, 93.6, 78.2, 95.7, and 91.6%, respectively. CONCLUSION: DECT can accurately identify BME of the knee.
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Bone marrow; Computed tomography; Knee joint; Magnetic resonance imaging; Sensitivity
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