Fangying Chen1, Shaoting Zhang1, Xiaolu Ma1, Yukun Chen1, Zhen Wang1, Yan Zhu2, Chenguang Bai2, Caixia Fu3, Robert Grimm4, Chengwei Shao1, Jianping Lu1, Fu Shen5, Luguang Chen6. 1. Department of Radiology, Changhai Hospital, Naval Medical University, NO. 168 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200433, China. 2. Department of Pathology, Changhai Hospital, Shanghai, China. 3. MR Application Development, Siemens Shenzhen Magnetic Resonance Ltd, Shenzhen, China. 4. MR Applications Predevelopment, Siemens Healthineers Ltd., Erlangen, Germany. 5. Department of Radiology, Changhai Hospital, Naval Medical University, NO. 168 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200433, China. ssff_53@163.com. 6. Department of Radiology, Changhai Hospital, Naval Medical University, NO. 168 Changhai Road, Shanghai, 200433, China. chen_lu_guang@sina.com.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the feasibility of b-value threshold (bThreshold) map in preoperative evaluation of tumor budding (TB) in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC). METHODS: Patients with LARC were enrolled and underwent diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI). Contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) between the lesions and normal tissues was assessed using DWI and bThreshold maps. TB was counted and scored using hematoxylin and eosin staining. Reproducibility for the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC), bThreshold values, and region-of-interest (ROI) sizes were compared. Differences in ADC and bThreshold values with low-intermediate and high TB grades and the correlations between mean ADC and bThreshold values with TB categories were analyzed. Diagnostic performance of ADC and bThreshold values was assessed using area under the curve (AUC) and decision curve analysis. RESULTS: Fifty-one patients were evaluated. The CNR on bThreshold maps was significantly higher than that on DW images (9.807 ± 4.811 vs 7.779 ± 3.508, p = 0.005). Reproducibility was excellent for the ADC (ICC 0.933; CV 8.807%), bThreshold values (ICC 0.958; CV 7.399%), and ROI sizes (ICC 0.934; CV 8.425%). Significant negative correlations were observed between mean ADC values and TB grades and positive correlations were observed between mean bThreshold values and TB grades (p < 0.05). bThreshold maps showed better diagnostic performance than ADC maps (AUC, 0.914 vs 0.726; p = 0.048). CONCLUSIONS: In LARC patients, bThreshold values could distinguish different TB grades better than ADC values, and bThreshold maps may be a preoperative, non-invasive approach to evaluate TB grades. KEY POINTS: • Compared with diffusion-weighted images, bThreshold maps improved visualization and detection of rectal tumors. • Agreement and diagnostic performance of bThreshold values are superior to apparent diffusion coefficient in assessing tumor budding grades in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer. • bThreshold maps could be used to evaluate tumor budding grades non-invasively before operation.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the feasibility of b-value threshold (bThreshold) map in preoperative evaluation of tumor budding (TB) in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC). METHODS: Patients with LARC were enrolled and underwent diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI). Contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) between the lesions and normal tissues was assessed using DWI and bThreshold maps. TB was counted and scored using hematoxylin and eosin staining. Reproducibility for the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC), bThreshold values, and region-of-interest (ROI) sizes were compared. Differences in ADC and bThreshold values with low-intermediate and high TB grades and the correlations between mean ADC and bThreshold values with TB categories were analyzed. Diagnostic performance of ADC and bThreshold values was assessed using area under the curve (AUC) and decision curve analysis. RESULTS: Fifty-one patients were evaluated. The CNR on bThreshold maps was significantly higher than that on DW images (9.807 ± 4.811 vs 7.779 ± 3.508, p = 0.005). Reproducibility was excellent for the ADC (ICC 0.933; CV 8.807%), bThreshold values (ICC 0.958; CV 7.399%), and ROI sizes (ICC 0.934; CV 8.425%). Significant negative correlations were observed between mean ADC values and TB grades and positive correlations were observed between mean bThreshold values and TB grades (p < 0.05). bThreshold maps showed better diagnostic performance than ADC maps (AUC, 0.914 vs 0.726; p = 0.048). CONCLUSIONS: In LARC patients, bThreshold values could distinguish different TB grades better than ADC values, and bThreshold maps may be a preoperative, non-invasive approach to evaluate TB grades. KEY POINTS: • Compared with diffusion-weighted images, bThreshold maps improved visualization and detection of rectal tumors. • Agreement and diagnostic performance of bThreshold values are superior to apparent diffusion coefficient in assessing tumor budding grades in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer. • bThreshold maps could be used to evaluate tumor budding grades non-invasively before operation.
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