Evaluation of liver iron overload with R2* relaxometry with versus without fat suppression: both are clinically accurate but there are differences.

European Radiology
M PlaiknerBenjamin Henninger

Abstract

To assess clinically relevant difference in hepatic iron quantification using R2* relaxometry with (FS) and without (non-FS) fat saturation for the evaluation of patients with suspected hepatic iron overload. We prospectively enrolled 134 patients who underwent 1.5-T MRI R2* relaxometry with FS and non-FS gradient echo sequences (12 echoes, initial TE = 0.99 ms). Proton density fat fraction for the quantification of steatosis was assessed. Linear regression analyses and Bland-Altman plots including Lin's concordance correlation coefficient were performed for correlation of FS R2* with non-FS R2*. Patients were grouped into 4 severity classes of iron overload (EASL based), and agreement was evaluated by contingency tables and the proportion of overall agreement. A total of 41.8% of patients showed hepatic iron overload; 67.9% had concomitant steatosis; and 58.2% revealed no iron overload of whom 60.3% had steatosis. The mean R2* value for all FS data was 102.86 1/s, for non-FS 108.16 1/s. Linear regression resulted in an R-squared value of 0.99 (p < 0.001); Bland-Altman plot showed a mean R2* difference of 5.26 1/s (SD 17.82). The concordance correlation coefficient was only slightly lower for patients with steatosis compared wi...Continue Reading

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