MR elastography of liver at 3 Tesla: comparison of gradient-recalled echo (GRE) and spin-echo (SE) echo-planar imaging (EPI) sequences and agreement across stiffness measurements

Abdominal Radiology
Chenyang ZhanKrishna Prasad Shanbhogue

Abstract

To compare 2D gradient-recalled echo (GRE) and 2D spin-echo (SE) echo-planar imaging (EPI) MR elastography (MRE) for measurement of hepatic stiffness in adult patients with known or suspected liver disease at 3 Tesla. Three hundred and eighty-seven consecutive patients underwent MRE of the liver at 3 Tesla with 2D-GRE and 2D-SE-EPI sequences. 'Mean liver stiffness (LS)' calculated by averaging 3 ROIs in the right lobe, 'Maximum LS' calculated by an ROI in the right lobe; and 'Freehand LS' calculated by an ROI in the entire liver were measured by two independent readers. Inter-observer and inter-class variability in stiffness measurements were assessed. Stiffness values were correlated with degree of liver fibrosis (METAVIR scores) in 97 patients who underwent biopsy. The diagnostic performance was compared by a receiver-operating characteristic analysis. The technical failure rate was 2.8% for 2D-SE-EPI (11/387) and 4.1% for 2D-GRE (16/387, 9 had R2* > 80 s-1 indicating iron overload). There is high reproducibility for both GRE and SE-EPI variants (ICC = 0.84-0.94 for both GRE and SE-EPI MRE). The highest sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of differentiating mild fibrosis (F0-F2) from advanced fibrosis (F3-F4) are 0.84 (GRE...Continue Reading

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