TY - JOUR
T1 - Differentiation of high-grade and low-grade diffuse gliomas by intravoxel incoherent motion MR imaging
AU - Togao, Osamu
AU - Hiwatashi, Akio
AU - Yamashita, Koji
AU - Kikuchi, Kazufumi
AU - Mizoguchi, Masahiro
AU - Yoshimoto, Koji
AU - Suzuki, Satoshi O.
AU - Iwaki, Toru
AU - Obara, Makoto
AU - Van Cauteren, Marc
AU - Honda, Hiroshi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 The Author(s) 2015. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Neuro-Oncology.
PY - 2016/1/1
Y1 - 2016/1/1
N2 - Background Our aim was to assess the diagnostic performance of intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) MR imaging for differentiating high-grade gliomas (HGGs) from low-grade gliomas (LGGs). Methods Forty-five patients with diffuse glioma (age 50.9 ± 20.4 y; 26 males, 19 females) were assessed with IVIM imaging using 13 b-values (0-1000 s/mm2) at 3T. The perfusion fraction (f), true diffusion coefficient (D), and pseudo-diffusion coefficient (D∗) were calculated by fitting the bi-exponential model. The apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) was obtained with 2 b-values (0 and 1000 s/mm2). Relative cerebral blood volume was measured by the dynamic susceptibility contrast method. Two observers independently measured D, ADC, D∗, and f, and these measurements were compared between the LGG group (n = 16) and the HGG group (n = 29). Results Both D (1.26 ± 0.37 mm2/s in LGG, 0.94 ± 0.19 mm2/s in HGG; P <. 001) and ADC (1.28 ± 0.35 mm2/s in LGG, 1.03 ± 0.19 mm2/s in HGG; P <. 01) were lower in the HGG group. D was lower than ADC in the LGG (P <. 05) and HGG groups (P <. 0001). D∗ was not different between the groups. The f-values were significantly larger in HGG (17.5 ± 6.3%) than in LGG (5.8 ± 3.8%; P <. 0001) and correlated with relative cerebral blood volume (r = 0.85; P <. 0001). Receiver operating characteristic analyses showed areas under curve of 0.95 with f, 0.78 with D, 0.73 with ADC, and 0.60 with D∗. Conclusion IVIM imaging is useful in differentiating HGGs from LGGs.
AB - Background Our aim was to assess the diagnostic performance of intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) MR imaging for differentiating high-grade gliomas (HGGs) from low-grade gliomas (LGGs). Methods Forty-five patients with diffuse glioma (age 50.9 ± 20.4 y; 26 males, 19 females) were assessed with IVIM imaging using 13 b-values (0-1000 s/mm2) at 3T. The perfusion fraction (f), true diffusion coefficient (D), and pseudo-diffusion coefficient (D∗) were calculated by fitting the bi-exponential model. The apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) was obtained with 2 b-values (0 and 1000 s/mm2). Relative cerebral blood volume was measured by the dynamic susceptibility contrast method. Two observers independently measured D, ADC, D∗, and f, and these measurements were compared between the LGG group (n = 16) and the HGG group (n = 29). Results Both D (1.26 ± 0.37 mm2/s in LGG, 0.94 ± 0.19 mm2/s in HGG; P <. 001) and ADC (1.28 ± 0.35 mm2/s in LGG, 1.03 ± 0.19 mm2/s in HGG; P <. 01) were lower in the HGG group. D was lower than ADC in the LGG (P <. 05) and HGG groups (P <. 0001). D∗ was not different between the groups. The f-values were significantly larger in HGG (17.5 ± 6.3%) than in LGG (5.8 ± 3.8%; P <. 0001) and correlated with relative cerebral blood volume (r = 0.85; P <. 0001). Receiver operating characteristic analyses showed areas under curve of 0.95 with f, 0.78 with D, 0.73 with ADC, and 0.60 with D∗. Conclusion IVIM imaging is useful in differentiating HGGs from LGGs.
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U2 - 10.1093/neuonc/nov147
DO - 10.1093/neuonc/nov147
M3 - Article
C2 - 26243792
AN - SCOPUS:84960350413
SN - 1522-8517
VL - 18
SP - 132
EP - 141
JO - Neuro-Oncology
JF - Neuro-Oncology
IS - 1
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