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Detection of Hepatic Lesion: Comparison of Free-Breathing and Respiratory-Triggered Diffusion-Weighted MR imaging on 1.5-T MR system  

Park, Hye-Young (Department of Radiology, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine)
Cho, Hyeon-Je (Department of Radiology, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine)
Kim, Eun-Mi (Department of Radiology, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine)
Hur, Gham (Department of Radiology, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine)
Kim, Yong-Hoon (Department of Radiology, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine)
Lee, Byung-Hoon (Department of Radiology, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine)
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Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging / v.15, no.1, 2011 , pp. 22-31 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose : To compare free-breathing and respiratory-triggered diffusion-weighted imaging on 1.5-T MR system in the detection of hepatic lesions. Materials and Methods: This single-institution study was approved by our institutional review board. Forty-seven patients (mean 57.9 year; M:F = 25:22) underwent hepatic MR imaging on 1.5-T MR system using both free-breathing and respiratory-triggered diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) at a single examination. Two radiologists retrospectively reviewed respiratory-triggered and free-breathing sets (B50, B400, B800 diffusion weighted images and ADC map) in random order with a time interval of 2 weeks. Liver SNR and lesion-to-liver CNR of DWI were calculated measuring ROI. Results : Total of 62 lesions (53 benign, 9 malignant) that included 32 cysts, 13 hemangiomas, 7 hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs), 5 eosinophilic infiltration, 2 metastases, 1 eosinophilic abscess, focal nodular hyperplasia, and pseudolipoma of Glisson's capsule were reviewed by two reviewers. Though not reaching statistical significance, the overall lesion sensitivities were increased in respiratory-triggered DWI [reviewer1: reviewer2, 47/62(75.81%):45/62(72.58%)] than free-breathing DWI [44/62(70.97%):41/62(66.13%)]. Especially for smaller than 1 cm hepatic lesions, sensitivity of respiratory-triggered DWI [24/30(80%):21/30(70%)] was superior to free-breathing DWI [17/30(56.7%):15/30(50%)]. The diagnostic accuracy measuring the area under the ROC curve (Az value) of free-breathing and respiratory-triggered DWI was not statistically different. Liver SNR and lesion-to-liver CNR of respiratory-triggered DWI ($87.6{\pm}41.4$, $41.2{\pm}62.5$) were higher than free-breathing DWI ($38.8:{\pm}13.6$, $24.8{\pm}36.8$) (p value < 0.001, respectively). Conclusion: Respiratory-triggered diffusion-weighted MR imaging seemed to be better than free-breathing diffusion-weighted MR imaging on 1.5-T MR system for the detection of smaller than 1 cm lesions by providing high SNR and CNR.
Keywords
Diffusion-weighted imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Liver; Single shot EPI;
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