Garima Sharma1, Sonal Saran1, Sudhir Saxena1, Tarun Goyal2. 1. Department of Radiodiagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, India. 2. Department of Orthopedics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhatinda, India.
Abstract
Aim: This study aimed to use multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques, namely, diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) to evaluate bone tumors. Methods: Thirty-three patients with primary untreated bone tumors were assessed utilizing DWI and DCE-MRI. Various parameters like ADC values from DWI and percentage peak signal intensity (%PSI), the maximum slope of increase (MSI), and time to peak signal intensity (TTP) values were assessed in different cases, and the final correlation was drawn with histopathological findings. Result: Parameters of semi-quantitative DCE-MRI, i.e., %PSI, MSI and, TTP, correlated significantly with the histopathological characteristics of the tumor (p values < 0.001). Minimum ADC value in the tumor also showed a strong correlation with the tumor characteristic (p values < 0.001). Also, the correlation between parameters of DWI and DCI-MRI is well correlated with each other. Conclusion: The results of this study provide grounds for the integration of multiparametric pre-treatment evaluation of bone tumors. In our study, we not only tried to utilize different parameters of functional MRI in bone tumors as well as re-explored the semi-quantitative analysis of DCE-MRI.
Aim: This study aimed to use multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques, namely, diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) to evaluate bone tumors. Methods: Thirty-three patients with primary untreated bone tumors were assessed utilizing DWI and DCE-MRI. Various parameters like ADC values from DWI and percentage peak signal intensity (%PSI), the maximum slope of increase (MSI), and time to peak signal intensity (TTP) values were assessed in different cases, and the final correlation was drawn with histopathological findings. Result: Parameters of semi-quantitative DCE-MRI, i.e., %PSI, MSI and, TTP, correlated significantly with the histopathological characteristics of the tumor (p values < 0.001). Minimum ADC value in the tumor also showed a strong correlation with the tumor characteristic (p values < 0.001). Also, the correlation between parameters of DWI and DCI-MRI is well correlated with each other. Conclusion: The results of this study provide grounds for the integration of multiparametric pre-treatment evaluation of bone tumors. In our study, we not only tried to utilize different parameters of functional MRI in bone tumors as well as re-explored the semi-quantitative analysis of DCE-MRI.
Authors: Lori R Arlinghaus; Xia Li; A Ridwan Rahman; E Brian Welch; Lei Xu; John C Gore; Thomas E Yankeelov Journal: Magn Reson Imaging Date: 2011-04-29 Impact factor: 2.546