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- Title
Pulmonary MRI with ultra-short TE using single- and dual-echo methods: comparison of capability for quantitative differentiation of non- or minimally invasive adenocarcinomas from other lung cancers with that of standard-dose thin-section CT.
- Authors
Ohno, Yoshiharu; Yui, Masao; Yamamoto, Kaori; Ikedo, Masato; Oshima, Yuka; Hamabuchi, Nayu; Hanamatsu, Satomu; Nagata, Hiroyuki; Ueda, Takahiro; Ikeda, Hirotaka; Takenaka, Daisuke; Yoshikawa, Takeshi; Ozawa, Yoshiyuki; Toyama, Hiroshi
- Abstract
Objective: The purpose of this study was thus to compare capabilities for quantitative differentiation of non- and minimally invasive adenocarcinomas from other of pulmonary MRIs with ultra-short TE (UTE) obtained with single- and dual-echo techniques (UTE-MRISingle and UTE-MRIDual) and thin-section CT for stage IA lung cancer patients. Methods: Ninety pathologically diagnosed stage IA lung cancer patients who underwent thin-section standard-dose CT, UTE-MRISingle, and UTE-MRIDual, surgical treatment and pathological examinations were included in this retrospective study. The largest dimension (Dlong), solid portion (solid Dlong), and consolidation/tumor (C/T) ratio of each nodule were assessed. Two-tailed Student's t-tests were performed to compare all indexes obtained with each method between non- and minimally invasive adenocarcinomas and other lung cancers. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC)-based positive tests were performed to determine all feasible threshold values for distinguishing non- or minimally invasive adenocarcinoma (MIA) from other lung cancers. Sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy were then compared by means of McNemar's test. Results: Each index showed significant differences between the two groups (p < 0.0001). Specificities and accuracies of solid Dlong for UTE-MRIDual2nd echo and CTMediastinal were significantly higher than those of solid Dlong for UTE-MRISingle and UTE-MRIDual1st echo and all C/T ratios except CTMediastinal (p < 0.05). Moreover, the specificities and accuracies of solid Dlong and C/T ratio were significantly higher than those of Dlong for each method (p < 0.05). Conclusion: Pulmonary MRI with UTE is considered at least as valuable as thin-section CT for quantitative differentiation of non- and minimally invasive adenocarcinomas from other stage IA lung cancers. Clinical relevance statement: Pulmonary MRI with UTE's capability for quantitative differentiation of non- and minimally invasive adenocarcinomas from other lung cancers in stage IA lung cancer patients is equal or superior to that of thin-section CT. Key Points: • Correlations were excellent for pathologically examined nodules with the largest dimensions (Dlong) and a solid component (solid Dlong) for all indexes (0.95 ≤ r ≤ 0.99, p < 0.0001). • Pathologically examined Dlong and solid Dlong obtained with all methods showed significant differences between non- and minimally invasive adenocarcinomas and other lung cancers (p < 0.0001). • Solid tumor components are most accurately measured by UTE-MRIDual2nd echo and CTMediastinal, whereas the ground-glass component is imaged by UTE-MRIDual1st echo and CTlung with high accuracy. UTE-MRIDual predicts tumor invasiveness with 100% sensitivity and 87.5% specificity at a C/T threshold of 0.5.
- Subjects
LUNG cancer; ECHO-planar imaging; ADENOCARCINOMA; RECEIVER operating characteristic curves; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; CANCER invasiveness; DICOM (Computer network protocol)
- Publication
European Radiology, 2024, Vol 34, Issue 2, p1065
- ISSN
0938-7994
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00330-023-10105-4