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Apparent diffusion coefficient maps of pediatric mass lesions with free-breathing diffusion-weighted magnetic
1Department of Haematology/Oncology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom. olseno@gosh.nhs.uk
Purpose:
To assess the technical feasibility of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) mapping based on free-breathing diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance (DW-MR) outside the CNS in children.
Material And Methods:
Twelve children with mass lesions of varied histopathology were scanned with short-tau inversion recovery (STIR), contrast-enhanced T1-weighted (CE-T1W), and diffusion-weighted (b=0, 500 and 1000 s/mm2) sequences. ADC maps were calculated. Lesion-to-background signal intensity ratios were measured and compared between STIR/CE-T1W/ADC overall (Friedman test) and between viable embryonal tumors and other lesions (Kruskal-Wallis test).
Results:
ADC maps clearly depicted all lesions. Lesion-to-background signal intensity ratios of STIR (median 3.7), CE-T1W (median 1.4), and ADC (median 1.6) showed no overall difference (chi-square=3.846; P=0.146), and there was no difference between viable embryonal tumors and other lesions within STIR/CE-T1W/ADC (chi-square 1.118/0.669/<0.001; P=0.290/0.414/1.000, respectively).
Conclusion:
ADC mapping is feasible in free-breathing imaging of pediatric mass lesions outside the CNS using standard clinical equipment.
