Donghui Xu1, Aiping Jin1, Yongqian Ge1, Yanmei Zhang2. 1. Department of Radiology, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, China. 2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, General Hospital of PLA Eastern Theater Command, Nanjing, China.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Dynamic contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) can obtain semi-quantitative or quantitative parameters of tumors by capturing the images before and after injection of contrast medium. However, there has been no further research on the effect of flow rate of contrast medium on image quality and parameter sensitivity of DCE-MRI in endometrial carcinoma (EC). METHODS: This was a prospective cohort study enrolling patients who were suspected of EC between January 2018 and June 2020. The baseline data of participants were collected. Post-surgical histological examination acted as the gold standard of EC diagnosis and some characteristics of tumors were recorded. We calculated 3 important parameters of DCE-MRI, including volume transfer constant (Ktrans), flux rate constant (Kep), and extravascular extracellular volume fraction (Ve), according to the MRI system. The image quality in DCE-MRI imaging was evaluated according to contrast, resolution, artifact, signal-to-noise ratio, and scanning time. To evaluate the diagnostic ability of DCE-MRI with different injection rate, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was generated and the area under curve (AUC) was calculated. RESULTS: According to the different injection rate of contrast medium, participants were divided into three groups, including 2, 3, and 4 mL/s group. It was found that there were more grade 1 EC in the 3 mL/s group (52.4%) than other two groups (34.3% and 23.3%, respectively), and the difference was significant (P=0.021). No other significant differences were found among all other variables. It was found that Ktrans was much higher in the 4 mL/s group than in other two groups (P<0.001). Also, Ve was much higher in the 4 mL/s group than in other two groups (P<0.001). However, no significant difference was found in Kep between three groups (P=0.633). Besides, the 4 mL/s group had the highest quality of all three groups (P<0.001). The sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy were highest in 4 mL/s group. The AUC in three groups were 0.822, 0.832, and 0.888 in the 2, 3, and 4 mL/s group, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The DCE-MRI measurement is useful for the diagnosis of EC, and faster injection rate may be beneficial to improve diagnostic accuracy and image quality. 2021 Gland Surgery. All rights reserved.
BACKGROUND: Dynamic contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) can obtain semi-quantitative or quantitative parameters of tumors by capturing the images before and after injection of contrast medium. However, there has been no further research on the effect of flow rate of contrast medium on image quality and parameter sensitivity of DCE-MRI in endometrial carcinoma (EC). METHODS: This was a prospective cohort study enrolling patients who were suspected of EC between January 2018 and June 2020. The baseline data of participants were collected. Post-surgical histological examination acted as the gold standard of EC diagnosis and some characteristics of tumors were recorded. We calculated 3 important parameters of DCE-MRI, including volume transfer constant (Ktrans), flux rate constant (Kep), and extravascular extracellular volume fraction (Ve), according to the MRI system. The image quality in DCE-MRI imaging was evaluated according to contrast, resolution, artifact, signal-to-noise ratio, and scanning time. To evaluate the diagnostic ability of DCE-MRI with different injection rate, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was generated and the area under curve (AUC) was calculated. RESULTS: According to the different injection rate of contrast medium, participants were divided into three groups, including 2, 3, and 4 mL/s group. It was found that there were more grade 1 EC in the 3 mL/s group (52.4%) than other two groups (34.3% and 23.3%, respectively), and the difference was significant (P=0.021). No other significant differences were found among all other variables. It was found that Ktrans was much higher in the 4 mL/s group than in other two groups (P<0.001). Also, Ve was much higher in the 4 mL/s group than in other two groups (P<0.001). However, no significant difference was found in Kep between three groups (P=0.633). Besides, the 4 mL/s group had the highest quality of all three groups (P<0.001). The sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy were highest in 4 mL/s group. The AUC in three groups were 0.822, 0.832, and 0.888 in the 2, 3, and 4 mL/s group, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The DCE-MRI measurement is useful for the diagnosis of EC, and faster injection rate may be beneficial to improve diagnostic accuracy and image quality. 2021 Gland Surgery. All rights reserved.
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