Demonstration of the reproducibility of free-breathing diffusion-weighted MRI and dynamic contrast enhanced MRI in children with solid tumours: a pilot study

European Radiology
Keiko MiyazakiDow-Mu Koh

Abstract

The objectives are to examine the reproducibility of functional MR imaging in children with solid tumours using quantitative parameters derived from diffusion-weighted (DW-) and dynamic contrast enhanced (DCE-) MRI. Patients under 16-years-of age with confirmed diagnosis of solid tumours (n = 17) underwent free-breathing DW-MRI and DCE-MRI on a 1.5 T system, repeated 24 hours later. DW-MRI (6 b-values, 0-1000 sec/mm(2)) enabled monoexponential apparent diffusion coefficient estimation using all (ADC0-1000) and only ≥100 sec/mm(2) (ADC100-1000) b-values. DCE-MRI was used to derive the transfer constant (K(trans)), the efflux constant (kep), the extracellular extravascular volume (ve), and the plasma fraction (vp), using a study cohort arterial input function (AIF) and the extended Tofts model. Initial area under the gadolinium enhancement curve and pre-contrast T1 were also calculated. Percentage coefficients of variation (CV) of all parameters were calculated. The most reproducible cohort parameters were ADC100-1000 (CV = 3.26%), pre-contrast T1 (CV = 6.21%), and K(trans) (CV = 15.23%). The ADC100-1000 was more reproducible than ADC0-1000, especially extracranially (CV = 2.40% vs. 2.78%). The AIF (n = 9) derived from this paedi...Continue Reading

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