Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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Feasibility of Spin-Echo Echo-Planar Imaging MR Elastography in Livers of Children and Young Adults

  • Kim, Jin Kyem (Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiological Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
  • Yoon, Haesung (Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiological Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Mi-Jung (Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiological Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Myung-Joon (Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiological Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
  • Han, Kyunghwa (Department of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Center for Clinical Imaging Data Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
  • Koh, Hong (Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Seung (Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
  • Han, Seok Joo (Department of Pediatric Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
  • Shin, Hyun Joo (Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiological Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine)
  • Received : 2019.06.11
  • Accepted : 2019.07.09
  • Published : 2019.09.30
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Abstract

Purpose: To assess the feasibility of the use of spin-echo echo-planar imaging (SE-EPI) magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) in livers of children and young adults. Materials and Methods: Patients (${\leq}20$ years old) who underwent 3T SE-EPI MRE were included retrospectively. Subjects were divided into three groups according to the purpose of the liver MRI: suspicion of fatty liver or focal fat deposition in the liver (FAT group), liver fibrosis after receiving a Kasai operation from biliary atresia (BA group), and hepatic iron deposition after receiving chemotherapy or transfusions (IRON group). Technical failure of MRE was defined when a stiffness map showed no pixel value with a confidence index higher than 95%, and the patients were divided as success and failure groups accordingly. Clinical findings including age, gender, weight, height, and body mass index and magnetic resonance imaging results including proton density fat fraction (PDFF), $T2^*$, and MRE values were assessed. Factors affecting failure of MRE were evaluated and the image quality in wave propagation image and stiffness map was evaluated using the appropriate scores. Results: Among total 240 patients (median 15 years, 211 patients in the FAT, 21 patients in the BA, and 8 patients in the IRON groups), technical failure was noted in six patients in the IRON group (6/8 patients, 75%), while there were no failures noted in the FAT and BA groups. These six patients had $T2^*$ values ranging from 0.9 to 3.8 ms. The image quality scores were not significantly different between the FAT and BA groups (P > 0.999), while the scores were significantly lower in the IRON group (P < 0.001). Conclusion: The 3T SE-EPI MRE in children and young adults had a high technical success rate. The technical failure was occurred in children with decreased $T2^*$ value (${\leq}3.8ms$) from iron deposition.

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