Yaoming Qu1, Dexia Kong1, Haitao Wen1, Xiaochan Ou1, Qihong Rui1, Xianlong Wang1, Doris D Lin2, Qin Qin2,3, Zhibo Wen4. 1. Department of Radiology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, 253 Gongye Middle Avenue, Haizhu District, Guangzhou, 510282, Guangdong, China. 2. The Russell H. Morgan, Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. 3. F.M. Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA. 4. Department of Radiology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, 253 Gongye Middle Avenue, Haizhu District, Guangzhou, 510282, Guangdong, China. zhibowen@163.com.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the performance of velocity-selective (VS) ASL among patients with untreated gliomas by comparing with both pseudo-continuous (PC) ASL and dynamic susceptibility contrast-enhanced perfusion-weighted imaging (DSC-PWI). METHODS: Forty-four consecutive patients with newly diagnosed glioma who underwent preoperative perfusion MRI including VSASL, PCASL, and DSC-PWI between 2017 and 2019 were retrospectively evaluated. Visual inspection was performed to evaluate the tumor signal intensity relative to gray matter based on 1-5 score criteria and weighted kappa was used to evaluate the pair-wise concordance between VSASL or PCASL and DSC-PWI. The relative tumor blood flow (rTBF) was measured from sampling intra-tumoral areas of hot-spot on the blood flow map and normalized against the contralateral normal gray matter blood flow. Linear regression and Bland-Altman analyses were performed to evaluate the correlation and agreement of rTBF measurements between ASL methods and DSC-PWI. The ROC analysis was constructed to determine the diagnostic performance of three perfusion methods for grading gliomas. RESULTS: TBF maps derived from VSASL were more comparable with DSC-PWI than PCASL on visual inspection (weighted kappa of 0.90 vs 0.68). In quantitative analysis, VSASL-rTBF yielded higher correlation with the values from DSC-PWI than PCASL-rTBF (R2 = 80% vs 47%, p < 0.001 for both). Both ASL and DSC-derived rTBF showed good distinction between low-grade and high-grade gliomas (p < 0.001). Compared to PCASL, VSASL yielded superior diagnostic sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy in glioma grading. CONCLUSIONS: VSASL showed great promise for accurate quantification of TBF and could potentially improve the diagnostic performance of ASL in preoperative grading of gliomas. KEY POINTS: • VSASL demonstrated a greater agreement with DSC-PWI than with PCASL on visual inspection and perfusion quantification. • VSASL showed a higher diagnostic sensitivity, negative predictive value, and accuracy than PCASL for glioma grading. • With the advantages of insensitivity to transit delay and no need of prescribing a labeling plane, VSASL could potentially improve the diagnostic performance of ASL for a more accurate, noninvasive quantification of TBF in patients with glioma.
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the performance of velocity-selective (VS) ASL among patients with untreated gliomas by comparing with both pseudo-continuous (PC) ASL and dynamic susceptibility contrast-enhanced perfusion-weighted imaging (DSC-PWI). METHODS: Forty-four consecutive patients with newly diagnosed glioma who underwent preoperative perfusion MRI including VSASL, PCASL, and DSC-PWI between 2017 and 2019 were retrospectively evaluated. Visual inspection was performed to evaluate the tumor signal intensity relative to gray matter based on 1-5 score criteria and weighted kappa was used to evaluate the pair-wise concordance between VSASL or PCASL and DSC-PWI. The relative tumor blood flow (rTBF) was measured from sampling intra-tumoral areas of hot-spot on the blood flow map and normalized against the contralateral normal gray matter blood flow. Linear regression and Bland-Altman analyses were performed to evaluate the correlation and agreement of rTBF measurements between ASL methods and DSC-PWI. The ROC analysis was constructed to determine the diagnostic performance of three perfusion methods for grading gliomas. RESULTS: TBF maps derived from VSASL were more comparable with DSC-PWI than PCASL on visual inspection (weighted kappa of 0.90 vs 0.68). In quantitative analysis, VSASL-rTBF yielded higher correlation with the values from DSC-PWI than PCASL-rTBF (R2 = 80% vs 47%, p < 0.001 for both). Both ASL and DSC-derived rTBF showed good distinction between low-grade and high-grade gliomas (p < 0.001). Compared to PCASL, VSASL yielded superior diagnostic sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy in glioma grading. CONCLUSIONS: VSASL showed great promise for accurate quantification of TBF and could potentially improve the diagnostic performance of ASL in preoperative grading of gliomas. KEY POINTS: • VSASL demonstrated a greater agreement with DSC-PWI than with PCASL on visual inspection and perfusion quantification. • VSASL showed a higher diagnostic sensitivity, negative predictive value, and accuracy than PCASL for glioma grading. • With the advantages of insensitivity to transit delay and no need of prescribing a labeling plane, VSASL could potentially improve the diagnostic performance of ASL for a more accurate, noninvasive quantification of TBF in patients with glioma.
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