Semi-automatic Volumetric Measurement of Treatment Response in Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Trans-arterial
Johannes Budjan1, Elke A Sauter2, John N Morelli3
1Department of Clinical Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany johannes.budjan@umm.de.
Aim:
To perform a quantitative, volumetric analysis of therapeutic effects of trans-arterial chemoembolization (TACE) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients.
Patients And Methods:
Entire tumor volume and a subset of hypervascular tumor portions were analyzed pre- and post-TACE in magnetic resonance imaging datasets of 22 HCC patients using a semi-automated segmentation and evaluation tool from the Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit. Results were compared to mRECIST measurements and inter-reader variability was assessed.
Results:
Mean total tumor volume increased statistical significantly after TACE (84.6 ml pre- vs. 97.1 ml post-TACE, p=0.03) while hypervascular tumor volume decreased from 9.1 ml pre- to 3.7 ml post-TACE (p=0.0001). Likewise, mRECIST diameters decreased significantly after therapy (44.2 vs. 15.4 mm). In the inter-reader assessment, overlap errors were 12.3-17.7% for entire and 36.3-64.2% for the enhancing tumor volume.
Conclusion:
Quantification of therapeutic changes after TACE therapy is feasible using a semi-automated segmentation and evaluation tool. Following TACE, hypervascular tumor volume decreases significantly.
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