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Hepatic metastases: diffusion-weighted sensitivity-encoding versus SPIO-enhanced MR imaging.

Katsuhiro Nasu1, Yoshihumi Kuroki, Shigeru Nawano

  • 1Department of Diagnostic Radiology, National Cancer Center Hospital East, 6-5-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8577, Japan. kanasu@east.ncc.go.jp

Radiology
|February 24, 2006
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Diffusion-weighted (DW) single-shot echo-planar imaging with sensitivity encoding (SENSE) offers superior accuracy for detecting hepatic metastases compared to superparamagnetic iron oxide (SPIO)-enhanced MRI. This advanced DW SENSE technique improves sensitivity and specificity in identifying liver lesions.

Area of Science:

  • Radiology
  • Medical Imaging
  • Oncology

Background:

  • Accurate detection of hepatic metastases is crucial for staging and treatment planning in extrahepatic malignancies.
  • Superparamagnetic iron oxide (SPIO)-enhanced MRI has been used for liver lesion evaluation.
  • Diffusion-weighted (DW) imaging offers functional information about tissue microstructure.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare the diagnostic accuracy of DW single-shot echo-planar imaging with sensitivity encoding (SENSE) versus SPIO-enhanced MRI for detecting hepatic metastases.
  • To evaluate the performance of these imaging techniques in terms of sensitivity and specificity.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective review of 40 hepatic metastases in 24 patients.
  • Acquisition of DW SENSE MRI and SPIO-enhanced MRI sequences.

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  • Interpretation of two image sets by three radiologists.
  • Calculation of areas under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves (A(z)) to assess accuracy.

    • Main Results:

    • DW SENSE imaging demonstrated higher signal intensity for hepatic metastases compared to T2-weighted fast SE images.
    • ROC analysis revealed a higher A(z) value for the DW SENSE image set (0.90) than for the SPIO-enhanced MR image set (0.81).
    • DW SENSE imaging achieved higher sensitivity (0.82 vs. 0.66) and specificity (0.94 vs. 0.90) compared to SPIO-enhanced MRI.

    Conclusions:

    • Combined reading of DW SENSE images with conventional sequences showed superior accuracy for hepatic metastases detection.
    • DW SENSE MRI is a more accurate technique for evaluating hepatic metastases than SPIO-enhanced MRI.
    • Lesion size and location influenced detection sensitivity in both imaging approaches.